Reading books is a great way to bridge literacy and math. Not only does it provide an opportunity to extend math learning at school and home, it can help children and their families develop a love of math. Here are some books about math we love.

To support students in building their math skills, we’ve adapted Teachley’s lesson plans to create family-friendly games for third, fourth, and fifth grade students to play offline at home. They also make a great addition to a math center at school.

To help kids practice their math skills, we’ve adapted Teachley’s lesson plans to create family-friendly games for Kindergarten, first and second grade students to play offline at home. They also make a great addition to a math center at school.

Looking for a summer project? Check out this IKEA hack to make their $10 abacus into a classroom rekenrek with 100 beads. Having 100 beads can help you teach place value and number recognition to Kindergarteners and support multidigit operations for second graders.

Families, if your child’s school or classroom subscribes to Teachley, here are some resources to help you get started at home. Learn about logging into Teachley on the web and mobile devices.

If you have a district, school, or classroom subscription to Teachley, here are some resources to help you get started. Explore the content, find out how to login at school, and support families with accessing Teachley at home.

Teachley includes 11 math apps for schools that cover number sense, counting, operations, fluency, place value, problem solving, and fractions for K-5 through games, videos, and books. Learn more!

Every year, we write to teachers and families about the very real effects of summer vacation on student math learning. As summer approaches, this year is different. Amidst the Covid pandemic, our need to support students over the summer has never been greater. Because of this, we’ve adapted some of our resources to be used at home. Please share with families.

What is a Rekenrek, other than an odd-sounding classroom tool? A Rekenrek is a set of 20 beads organized into two rows of 10, with 5 red and 5 white beads on each row, and it is one of my favorite early elementary math manipulatives. Learn why it is so great for teaching addition and subtraction strategies and find out how to make your own.