Making Math Meaningful

Math is everywhere!  Because it is such a critical life skill, it’s important that children have a strong understanding of the concepts and skills in a math curriculum.  Primary children in particular need a wide variety of hands-on, authentic math experiences to make it real, concrete, and meaningful. 

Lester Prairie first graders love the “math centers” part of our daily lesson, and participate in tasks about number sense, math facts, geometry, our “hot topic”, and technology.  Working together to solve problems, play games, and engage in other math activities shows them how math is a part of our lives. 

 submitted by Jen Brandel, Lester Prairie first grade teacher

                    Cade Heimerl writes out a receipt as he shops from “Lester Prairie Market”, the first grade grocery store.

                                                                   Eliza Dressler enjoys the “Race to 100” dice game.

                                 Pictured are Keaton Mathews and Zach Dye using the iPads to reinforce addition and subtraction skills

     What can you make with 100 squares?”  Abby Mathwig and Mariana Ixtlilco show their creation on the 100^th day of first grade.