Kit Math help for parents, teachers and homeschoolers
Practical guides for teaching and practicing grades 1–5 math, with real worksheet pages you can print.
For parents
Summer Math Practice: An Easy 8-Week Plan for Grades 1-5Summer math practice that fits a relaxed schedule: a first-week check, an 8-week plan, and what to review for each grade from 1st through 5th.Rounding Worksheets for 3rd Grade: Help Your Child at HomeRounding worksheets for 3rd grade work best with a number line first. How to teach rounding to the nearest ten and hundred at home, plus tricky cases.Money Worksheets for Kids: What to Practice, Grade by GradeMoney worksheets for kids in grades 1 to 4: what each grade should practice, real counting-coins and making-change problems, and how to teach them.How to Practice Math Facts at Home: Strategies FirstThe best way to practice math facts at home: teach facts in strategy groups, play five-minute games, and build to recall, for grades 1-3 and beyond.How to Help a Child Struggling With Math: Find the GapHow to help a child struggling with math: spot the exact skill gap, read their mistakes, rebuild with objects and pictures, and protect confidence.How to Help Your Child With Math at Home (Grades 1-5)The practical answer to how to help my child with math at home: find the right level, keep a 15-minute routine, and handle homework calmly.How to Help Your Child With Math Word ProblemsWondering how to help my child with math word problems? Use a tell-draw-write-check routine and learn the story types, with grade 1-5 examples.Equivalent Fractions for Kids: How to Explain It at HomeEquivalent fractions for kids, explained simply: a paper-folding activity, why the multiply-top-and-bottom rule works, and practice for grades 3 and 4.Elapsed Time for Kids: Clocks First, Then the Number LineElapsed time for kids, step by step: the clock skills that come first, the open number line method, and real grade 2 and grade 3 practice problems.2nd Grade Math With Regrouping: A Parent's GuideWhat 2nd grade math with regrouping means, how to teach it at home with coins and columns, and what your child's wrong answers tell you.
For teachers
What Does a Math Interventionist Do? Role and Daily WorkWhat a math interventionist does all week: screening, small groups, progress checks and teacher teamwork, plus how to choose materials and enter the role.Spiral Review in Math: A Simple Weekly Plan for Grades 3-5Spiral review in math keeps old skills from fading. What to include, a four-week plan, and free spiral review ideas for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.Small Group Math: What to Do at the Teacher TableA 15-minute small group math routine, how to form groups, and hands-on activities and games for 1st and 2nd grade, with real problems and answers.Multi-Digit Multiplication for 4th Grade: A Teaching PathA step-by-step path for multi-digit multiplication for 4th grade: multiples of ten, area models, partial products, the usual errors and leveled practice.Math Warm Ups for Grades 2-5: Five-Minute RoutinesMath warm ups that take five minutes: six routines, sample problems for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, and how to tie each warm-up to today's lesson.Math Intervention Strategies for Elementary StudentsEight math intervention strategies for elementary students, a 20-minute session plan, 3rd grade worked examples and activities matched to each gap.Math Exit Tickets: How to Write, Sort and Use ThemMath exit tickets show who got today's lesson. How to write a three-question ticket, sort a class set fast and plan tomorrow, with 4th grade examples.Error Analysis in Math: Teaching Kids to Find MistakesError analysis in math has students find, name and fix a wrong answer. How to run it in grades 1-5, with real error analysis math problems for each grade.Early Finishers for Math: Tasks That Aren't BusyworkGood early finishers for math stretch the skill you just taught instead of piling on more of it. Task ideas, a bin setup and free options for grades 1-5.Differentiated Math Centers: Setup, Rotations and BinsHow to set up differentiated math centers: one activity, three color-coded levels, a rotation schedule, first grade center ideas and easy self-checking.Differentiated Instruction in Math, With Classroom ExamplesWhat differentiated instruction in math looks like in a real lesson: the four levers, a planning routine, grade 4 and 5 examples, and mistakes to avoid.Coordinate Plane Worksheets for 5th Grade: What to TeachHow to sequence coordinate plane worksheets for 5th grade: name points, move them, compare them, then use ordered pairs for real places and patterns.Common Core Math Standards by Grade (1-5), ExplainedA plain-language guide to Common Core math standards by grade, 1st to 5th: the domains, the big ideas each year, and how to read a standard code.Area and Perimeter Worksheets: A Grade 3-5 Teacher GuideHow to sequence and differentiate area and perimeter worksheets in grades 3-5, with real leveled problems, common mix-ups and quick checks for class.Angles Worksheets for Grade 4 (Plus Grade 5 Review)What angles worksheets for grade 4 should cover, in teaching order: turns, protractors, adding angles and classifying, plus angle review in grade 5.
For homeschool families
How to Teach Place Value, Grades 1-5How to teach place value step by step: bundling tens, naming digits, expanded form and the ten-times rule, with real examples for grades 1-5.How to Teach Multiplication So It Makes SenseHow to teach multiplication from equal groups and arrays to fact strategies and multi-digit problems, with real grade 2-4 examples and a 4-week plan.How to Teach Fractions: A Grade 1-5 Homeschool RoadmapHow to teach fractions from first grade to fifth: the order to teach each idea, the models to use, real practice problems, and the mistakes to watch for.How to Teach Division, From Sharing to Long DivisionHow to teach division step by step: sharing and grouping, fact families, remainders and long division for kids in grades 3-5, with worked examples.Homeschool Math for Struggling Students: How to ChooseHow to choose a homeschool math curriculum for struggling students: find the gap first, compare programs with clear criteria, then follow a 6-week plan.Homeschool Math for Dyslexia and DyscalculiaPractical homeschool math for dyslexia and dyscalculia: lighter reading load, clearer pages, hands-on number sense, and when to seek an evaluation.