Fun first grade activities

Time filler games are a necessity in the classroom! Don't you hate those awkward few minutes between activities we all have with our students? You know, when everyone's packed up and just waiting for the bell to ring, or when there are only four minutes before lunch, or the lesson you planned went much more...

Are you looking for fun Friday activities for kids?. Setting up fun Friday stations that allow your students to build relationships with peers is a great fun Friday idea. Doing math games or literacy games along with student awards is so much fun. You can also use some of these Fun Friday ideas for indoor recess as well. These student approved, hands-on activities make for great incentives and can be used as a classroom management strategy in your elementary classroom.

Free printable worksheets and activities for grade 1 kids! 1st grade lesson planning made easy! First grade math and grade 1 language arts worksheets for free. First grade themes for your classroom or homeschool.

It's that time of year again... We've got just a few short weeks left with our kiddos. Let's be honest though, we're all tired. More like exhausted. Summer

Are you needing help on classroom activities you can use to teach your students about missing addends? This blog post has the ultimate guide on teaching missing addends. Your students have experience with addition and subtraction for numbers 1-10, so now we want to focus on finding the unknown numbers. In this post I give some fun math games, one using hula hoops in the classroom for a group math activity to find the missing number. Read all of my math tips on finding unknown addends.

Bring the spirit of spring to your math centers or activities! Keep your preschool, kindergarten, first grade students excited about learning with these fun rainbow-themed math activities that use colored cereal to help them practice counting, sorting, one-to-one correspondence, comparing numbers, addition, and more.

Take a look inside our first grade busy binder, packed with printable, educational, hands-on fun! This is our favorite way to stay organized!

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to get your kindergarten, first and second grade students practicing their math skills? You can't go wrong with FREEZE Math Games. FREEZE is a movement game that will get your students moving and interacting while working on their math skills. Head over to this blog post to find out more about FREEZE, how to play, and for ideas on using this math game in your elementary classroom. Grab a free FREEZE math game while you are there.

Teaching time doesn't have to be a struggle! Try these FREE telling time activities & fun math games, plus the simple strategies I teach with them in my second grade classroom, to help your students tell time. You won't believe the difference these teaching ideas make for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade kids learning to tell time or struggling with time past the hour! #timeactivities #secondgrademath #thirdgrademath

List of 50 fun things to do with your first grader at home. Creative resources, activities, printables and more! Great for quarantining at home!!

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Looking for a fun way to teach 2D shapes? This marshmallow geometry activity will do the trick - and fill your tummy!

Printable first grade spelling words with 32 weekly spelling lists. Spelling lists are based on word families and cover 320 words including 174 FRY words.

FREE first grade goal chart - I Can Statements - common core aligned - printable leader chart - SMART goals freebie printable #firstgrade #goalsetting #freebie #1341977

Who doesn't love the Dollar Tree? They have figured teachers out and keep the fun stuff in stock for hands on fun in the classroom. I found the "coolest" materials there yesterday! I picked up these little tongs and plastic ice cubes and knew what I wanted to do with them immediately! My students love using tongs and the ice cubes are perfect for writing letters and words on. Take a look! I will include these in our fine motor bins that we use every morning and have students work in pairs to…

Math games are a fun way to for kids review math skills in kindergarten and first grade. Play these classic games with a deck of card or dice at home or in school. The games practice number recognition, number sequence, addition, subtraction and more. Kids in 1st grade and 2nd grade will have so much fun, they won't realize they are learning! #MathGames #KindergartenMath #FirstGrade Math #PrimaryDelight

These activities are easy for kids to do, with concepts that build their science knowledge.

Your students will love increasing their writing skills with this interactive writing notebook for first grade.

Take learning outdoors with this list of fun outdoor math games for kids! Awesome for keeping kids learning during summer break! #lookwelearn #mathgames #math #mathforkids #teachingkidsmath