Hands-On Activities for Elementary

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Making learning fun is important for older kids too! No one wants to sit around doing flash cards and worksheets all day. These hands-on activities for elementary-aged students are a great way to get kids excited about learning!

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Need a hands-on way to practice addition? This free printable LEGO addition mat is perfect! Practice addition facts, with LEGO models and then compare the sums for greater than/less than. Two skills in one activity!

super fun, hands-on addition printables for learning. I'm always adding more, so be sure to pin this post for easy reference!

My kids are going to love doing their math this free superhero printable for inequalities with addition.

12 Printables & Centers included in this Fall themed Addition to 10 Pack. Bump, clip cards, puzzles, matching activities, card games, color by number and much more! This pack has got your covered for addition to 10!

This free printable addition game for adding to 10 is a great way to review addition facts!!

This free printable addition game is a great way to practice adding to 10!

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This solar system subtraction activity would be perfect for a space loving kid or a solar system theme! Sort subtraction problems by their answers and match them to the corresponding planet.

Practice subtraction facts this spring with this adorable ladybug subtraction mat & fact cards!

This free subtraction with ten-frames activity is great for practicing subtraction within 10. Lots of fun with the cute leaves!

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$Practice adding money with this free printable garden math activity. Choose two seed packets and add them together. Perfect for a spring math lesson.$

Practice Counting Coins with this fun money matching game. Low-prep and lots of fun!

$This free money fractions and probability activity is a fun way to introduce these math topics to 2nd graders!$

Free counting coins clip cards and great books for learning about coins and money.

15 Sets of cards comparing values of coins and center instructions for six coin card games! Any set of cards can be used for any of the games. Change the sets of cards as your students increase in their money skills.

Help kids learn to recognize coins with this hands-on math game. Coin Spin & Cover is a fun way to learn what coins look like.

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This compound word stamping activity with free printable compound word cards is great for building fine-motor skills while working on spelling. 12 different word sets to practice.

These are the absolute best hands-on sight word activities! Learning sight words through play has never been more fun!

The free blends word building printable is perfect for a word work center!

11 different beginning blends and digraph activities for literacy centers. Lots of ways to differentiate and build understanding of blends. Over 120 pages of activities! Leveled puzzles, clip cards, sorting mats, play dough mats, matching cards, card games and more! Your students will be Wild about Blends & Digraphs!

These free word work printable blends sorting mats are simply adorable! I love how the kids can match the blends to the different winter pictures!

This beginning blends sound match up activity is so cute! The blender is just perfect!!

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Your kids will love these LEGO STEM challenge cards! The perfect learning activity to get kids interested in learning when they think they are just playing with LEGO! All of these challenges have been 'tween-approved'.

Child-Led STEAM Density Investigation. A child directed version of the old classic. I love the wonder in their eyes as they investigate density!

Explore the deep, blue sea with this ocean currents science experiment for kids. Learn how currents form and watch as they are created right before your eyes!

These Building Block STEM challenge cards are a great way to work engineering, math, planning and more into your school day! Or use them just for fun!

Your child is a STEM genius. I promise. These 25+ (hilarious) signs will confirm it for you.

These free printable STEM pattern blocks task cards are a great way to involve STEM into your day!

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This free printable for exploring growing patterns with nocturnal animals is perfect for kids who are ready for a bigger challenge with patterns

Create rainbow patterns with this fun candy activity!! Practice patterning and have a yummy treat!

$These free pizza fraction printables are a great way to have fun and learn about equivalent fractions. Kids will compare halves, fourths, and sixths with three free printable fraction activities.$

These war card games for upper elementary math are so much fun! Fractions, large numbers, decimals, multiplication, and division are a blast when you are playing these games!

These multiplication puzzles for multiples of 1-10 are great for helping kids visualize their multiplication facts. With arrays of math blocks on the puzzles, the kids can easily see what the problem means which makes these great for introducing multiplication.

This perimeter and area exploration is a great math activity! This customizable perimeter and area printable is perfect for working with irregular shapes.

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