Math lessons for kids, Kindergarten to 3rd grade

Short lessons that show kids why a math strategy works, with ten frames, base-ten blocks, equal groups, arrays, fraction bars, clocks and coins. Each page explains the steps for parents and ends with a problem to try.

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Kindergarten and 1st grade

• Teen Numbers: 10 and Some More (Kindergarten–1st Grade) video soon
  A teen number is 10 and some more. Example: 14.

1st grade

• Make a Ten to Add (1st Grade) ▶ video
  Move some over to fill a ten first. Example: 8 + 5.

1st and 2nd grade

• Counting Coins: Biggest First, Then Count On (1st–2nd Grade) video soon
  Biggest value first, then count on. Example: 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 1 nickel, 3 pennies.

2nd grade

• 2-Digit Addition with Regrouping (2nd Grade) ▶ video
  Trade 10 ones for 1 ten. Example: 38 + 25.
• 2-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping (2nd Grade) video soon
  Trade 1 ten for 10 ones. Example: 52 − 27.
• Telling Time to 5 Minutes (2nd Grade) video soon
  Short hand for the hour. Count by 5s. Example: 3:25.
• Place Value to 1,000: Hundreds, Tens and Ones (2nd Grade) video soon
  Ten ones make a ten. Ten tens make a hundred. Example: 3 hundreds, 4 tens, 2 ones.

2nd and 3rd grade

• What Is Multiplication? Equal Groups (2nd–3rd Grade) video soon
  Times means equal groups. Example: 3 × 4.

3rd grade

• Break Apart Multiplication with Arrays (3rd Grade) video soon
  Split big facts into 5 rows and the rest. Example: 7 × 6.
• What Is Division? Sharing Equally (3rd Grade) video soon
  Share fairly, 1 at a time. Example: 12 ÷ 3.
• Division as Equal Groups: How Many Groups? (3rd Grade) video soon
  Make groups of 3, then count the groups. Example: 15 ÷ 3.
• What Is a Fraction? Equal Parts (3rd Grade) video soon
  Count equal parts, then the shaded ones. Example: 3/4.
• Comparing Fractions with the Same Numerator (3rd Grade) video soon
  Same top number? More parts means smaller parts. Example: 1/3 and 1/8.