Tree Kangaroo Hopscotch (skip counting)

Tree Kangaroo Hopscotch (skip counting)

I did not even know of Tree Kangaroos – less so their secret ritual of arboreal hopscotch 😉 “Mammals of Australia”, Vol. II Plate 50 by John Gould (1804-1881)  When kangaroos skip count up a branch the numbers increase. Let one of them start on the...
A little bit of Aggression (addition, subtraction)

A little bit of Aggression (addition, subtraction)

A little bit of Aggression is one of the few essential games for the elementary school classroom. It could be the only thing done in grade 2 or 3 math for a whole year and my prediction would be that the students would end up in a superior place to most existing...
Banyan Tree Root Puzzle (Addition)

Banyan Tree Root Puzzle (Addition)

This puzzle has your students excavate the roots of a giant Banyan tree. It’s a good puzzle to give students curricular practice adding numbers up to 50 whilst simultaneously providing your top problem solvers a challenge. These are the type of puzzles we like...
Rock Monster

Rock Monster

Rock Monster (MathPickle, 2011) This game was in MathPickle purgatory until Joli Barker (2013 TCEA Classroom Teacher of the Year) requested that I put it back up. Although I like the underlying idea, I wasn’t sure the current version belonged in...