Easy Peasy Math Helpers (They’re Free too!)

This year
seems to be flying by. I hope you all are

enjoying your summer. I’m back again with another

bright idea for the month of July.
This one is short

and sweet.

What you
will need this time?

Paint
Chips & a Sharpie

Easy
Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Whenever I go shopping, whether it is Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-mart, or Paint Stores, I always grab a handful (or two) of paint chips. I love them for just about anything. I’ve used them as flash cards, as bookmarks, as seat markers and more. This particular time I was having a kiddo who was struggling with being able to count by 5’s. We tried flash cards, songs, everything. Nothing seemed to work.

I came up with this idea after realizing he seemed to

be a kinesthetic learner. So I took paint chips and a

sharpie and wrote down the numbers by 5. When I

was done I placed them on the ground. We jumped

down the hall and sang out each one. This seemed to

work. Within a week he had them memorized and we

were on our way to harder math concepts.