5 Reasons Teachers Should Include Color-by-Number Math in Their Classroom
If your students light up the moment crayons or markers come out, you already know the power of a little color in the classroom. ✏️ But here’s the secret: color-by-number…
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Why You Should Use Math Sorts in Your Classroom
Are you a first-grade teacher? A third-grade teacher? A fifth-grade teacher? Regardless of what grade you teach – even high school! – your students should be using math sorts. Sorting…
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Make The End-of-Year Memorable With This Exciting Math Scavenger Hunt
Are you struggling to keep your students focused and learning during the end-of-year chaos? Look no further than this fun and engaging end-of-year math scavenger hunt from Sum Math Fun!…
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How to Teach Fractions: Engaging and Effective Hands-On Lessons!
Fractions! UGH! Just mention the word, and many students shrink. Using hands-on fraction activities is a must when teaching fractions. It can even be FUN! 🤓 Do you need hands-on…
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Let Your Students Take the Lead: The Game-Changer of Writing Their Own Word Problems
Do your students struggle with understanding word problems? After many experiences of watching students who had solid computation skills struggle to solve word problems, I finally found a solution –…
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How to Use Game Boards to Increase Engagement
How do you increase engagement in your elementary classroom? Do you use game boards to increase engagement? That bored look. I know you’re familiar with it, too. You can just…
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8 Creative, Easy, Fast Back to School Student Gifts
Need back-to-school student gifts? Back-to-school time??? Wow! It seemed so far away in May. Now, the summer has flown by, and we need student gifts for a super start to…
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Free and Easy Back-to-School Student Gift
This free gift tag and easy, quick student gift for back-to-school or Meet the Teacher Night will be greatly appreciated by your students. You’ll love how fast and easy it…
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Back to School No Prep Printables For An Incredible Start
Back to school time already? Every summer seems shorter and shorter. There is always so-o-o much to do to get ready for those first few days. And, having a great…
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Early Finishers in Math: Free Engaging Challenges to Keep Students Learning
Do early finishers throw off your carefully planned lessons? You’re not alone! Every classroom has those students who breeze through assignments, leaving you scrambling to keep them engaged. Without meaningful…
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Quick Math Early Finisher Activities for Anytime Learning
Tame Those “I’m Done!” Moments ✏️ If you’ve ever heard “I’m done! What do I do now?” five minutes into your math block, you’re not alone. Early finishers can…
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How to Challenge Your Gifted Math Students When They Finish Early
What About Your Math High Achievers? You know those students — the ones who finish before you’ve even finished passing out the papers?That was my second-grade class. They zipped through…
Welcome!
I’m Leah and I’m very glad you’re here! I’m a passionate teacher of elementary mathematics. I’ve been a classroom teacher, science specialist, and math specialist for grades PK through fifth. I’ve worked with thousands of teachers through workshops, one-on-one coaching, consulting, and national conferences. If you want to help your students love and appreciate the value and beauty of mathematics, you are in the right place!