K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Tangram Cutout
Challenge the spatial thinking of your young mathematicians with this printable tangram puzzle. Using different sized triangles, squares, and parallelograms, children must figure out how to fit all the shapes together to create a square.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Pattern Blocks
Who needs to buy pattern blocks when you have this printable pattern block template? Including triangles, squares, trapezoids, rhombuses, and hexagons, this resource offers endless possibilities for teaching children about geometric shapes.
Resources for Early Childhood
Making Math Meaningful and Enjoyable
Your young learners will enjoy mathematics that is meaningful correspondence as they play their way to a deep mathematical foundation. Organized around the math standards, this appropriate sequence of conceptual, preschool...
Curated OER
Constructions and Creations: Sturdy Structures
Have your class draw the plans and design a structure. Learners discuss and investigate the variables in the stability of a 2D and 3D model. They also consider how to add a circuit to the design. Afterwards, they present their work.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Rings
This activity explores shapes and circles by encouraging children to look really hard at something they will see very often in the run-up to London 2012, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 1.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Dynamic Paper
Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from -18 to 32 by 5's? You can create all those things and more.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Shape Match
Monster Mansion Shape Match is a fun educational game for kids to learn and practice 2D and 3D shapes. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match objects to shapes or objects to words....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Odd Squad: Collection
Welcome to Odd Squad: the zaniest, craziest team of kid investigators around! Explore content below targeted at making elementary-level math a fun, imaginative experience, mixing concepts like arithmetic and geometry with fantastical...