Boom Learning Cards ™ If you want a highly engaging, interactive, and FUN way for children to review and practice math skills you need to try out Boom Learning Cards! I can tell you from personal experience, kids love them and you will too. Keep reading to learn more about Boom Learning Cards and how I use them in my classroom (+ grab a Boom Cards FREEBIE while you’re here!) What are Boom Cards? You might be asking yourself: What are Boom Cards? Boom Learning cards are ready-to-go, self-checking digital task cards. Think digital task cards you use in your

If your kindergarten students are anything like mine, they LOVE TO PLAY! (I mean, who doesn’t love playing?). Play-based learning environments build on this love of play and children’s natural curiosity. As teachers, we can use these everyday experiences to foster early math skills and the learning of math concepts such as shapes, size, numbers, sorting, patterning, data management, and more. And the best part is, kids are learning by doing what they love most – playing! What is play-based learning? So what is play-based learning anyways? Play-based learning is exactly what it sounds like – learning through play. This

Effective strategies for teaching problem solving in math have evolved since I started teaching 20+ years ago – and, for the better! More and more teachers, just like you and I, are using problem solving to teach math concepts in a way that invites students to be active participants in the learning process. Have you ever wondered how to improve children’s math skills? Teaching math through problem solving can help! If we want to teach kids math – and do it effectively, we need to explore how we can plan and structure our lessons so that children get the chance