This post breaks down the most common fraction mistakes elementary students make and explains why these misconceptions happen. It also shares simple, visual, and hands-on strategies teachers and parents can use to build real fraction understanding that lasts.

Hands-on geometry activities help upper-elementary students truly understand concepts like perimeter, area, angles, symmetry, and shape classification through building, measuring, sorting, and drawing. This post shares engaging, classroom-tested ideas paired with interactive notebook activities and quick checks that support instruction and make assessment simple.

This post shares engaging, hands-on ways to teach lines of symmetry that get kids moving, creating, and thinking deeply about geometry. From foldable paper shapes to symmetry painting and quick checks, these activities make abstract concepts click for every learner.

Help your students make sense of multi-step word problems, and choose the correct operations with the help of strip diagrams. This post shares hands-on strategies, classroom-tested routines, and ready-to-use activities that build confident problem solvers.

Perimeter and area can be tricky for students to grasp, especially when it’s hard to remember which one measures the “outside” and which measures the “inside.” But with the right visuals, movement, and hands-on practice, these concepts can click in a really natural way!

In a world where learning is going digital, interactive notebooking brings math back to life, one foldable at a time. Hands-on activities help students build confidence, connect abstract ideas, and take ownership of their learning.

Teaching comparing and ordering whole numbers is one of my favorite concepts to introduce in the classroom and with my kids at home. It’s a

Looking for a fresh way to reinforce fraction skills in your classroom or at home? Grab a set of dominoes!

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