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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 45m

🎃 Discover the magic of "Pumpkin Circle" - a captivating educational journey through the pumpkin lifecycle! Perfect for integrating STEAM learning into your curriculum. From seed to harvest, this resource brings hands-on learning to life!
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Pumpkin circle #homeschoolingfun #halloween #elementaryschoolmath #mathshorts

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 2h

🎯 **PreK & Kinder Teachers—You’ll LOVE these Number Wheels!
Turn number sense into hands-on fun! 💫 Add these *Number Wheels* to your **math workstations or guided math groups**.
Grab your set today and get your learners moving, thinking, and smiling!
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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 20h

Counting Learning Trajectories can change your conversation! Check them out at learningtrajectories.org
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Get to know the Counting Learning Trajectories. #mathshorts #homeschoolingfun #kindergartenmath

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 22h

🎯 KNOCKOUT! The ultimate math game for 1st & 2nd graders! Add or subtract to eliminate numbers from your board—first to clear all numbers wins! 🏆This engaging game builds mathematical flexibility between addition & subtraction while providing repeated practice that kids LOVE!

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 1d

🧮✨ Created a "Make Ten Facts" video today while in first grade for all the amazing primary teachers out there! Perfect for building number sense and math fluency in small groups. Watch your little learners light up as they discover those magical number combinations that make 10!

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 1d

🍂📚 October math magic for little learners! Perfect books to blend autumn fun with K-2 math skills - counting pumpkins, sorting leaves, and exploring shapes in fall scenes! 🎃🍁 Get your copies today and make math as cozy as the season! #EarlyMath #OctoberLearning #K2Education #MathBooksk

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 3d

The best tutoring programs don't just hire great tutors. They invest in making them even better.

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High Impact Tutoring

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 4d

Leafman! A great read! #prekteachersoftiktok #KindergartenMath #kindergartenclassroom #prek #picturebook #ChildrensBooks #ReadAloud #KidsLit

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 4d

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Loose Pumpkins #mathshorts #homeschoolingfun

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 5d

Kindergarten math made FUN!
Spin, build, and compare with this Compare That! game — the perfect scaffold for moving from concrete ➡ pictorial ➡ abstract thinking.
Kids spin, count with cubes, and discuss:
👉 Who has more?
👉 How many more/fewer?
Hands-on number sense in action!
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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 5d

UNO + number lines = instant math gold! ✨
Kids line up the cards, predict what’s next, and chat about before, after, and in between. Then grab colorful dominos to show the same number in new ways 🎲🎨 Boom—number sense in action! So fun, so fast, so smart! 💡 #EarlyMath #NumberSense #MathPlay

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 6d

The Only Pumpkin Poem You Need for Math and Literacy This Fall
🎃 Bring your pumpkin poem to life! 🍂 Let your kiddos act it out—placing pumpkins on a fence, counting them, and moving them as you sing along! It’s rhyme, rhythm, math, and movement all rolled into one adorable fall lesson. 🍁✨

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 7d

K teachers can make number writing irresistibly fun by turning their math time into a “Shape Detective Challenge”! Provide colorful pattern blocks—triangles, squares, and hexagons—and have students work in pairs or small groups to build each numeral out of shapes.

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 7d

Different dice = different math adventures! 🎲✨ They keep students engaged while building fact fluency. Perfect for workstations, small groups, and math play. #MathFactFluency #MathCenters #ElementaryMath

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 8d

Engage your kids with this fun division activity! 🦇 Kids use "bat eyes" to create their own spooky math problems, write the equation, and find the solution. It's an easy and effective way to boost critical thinking and problem-solving skills. #thirdgrade #thirdgraders #division #mathintervention

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 8d

Pumpkins, spiders, bats… and counting! 🎃🕷🦇 Our October-themed books make early number sense feel like play. The perfect mix of spooky + smart. 📚✨ #EarlyMath #NumberSense #kindergartenteachers #kindergarten #kinders #prekinders #prekindergarten

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 9d

Learning math facts in kindergarten follows the Concrete → Pictorial → Abstract cycle — starting with hands-on objects, moving to pictures, then symbols. Using fingers? Totally fine, in fact, it’s encouraged for building strong number sense in kinder! bit.ly/4nvjpr1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynkW...

CRA Concrete Representational Abstract

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 10d

Dive into cave-dwelling fun with bat math! Perfect for teaching counting, cardinality, and one-to-one correspondence through storytelling. Watch little learners soar as they match bats to caves, count wings, and discover number relationships in this engaging math adventure!
Ready to make math fly?

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 11d

This collection of 17 different power tower math mats helps to build number sense. Cup by cup, through active work and conversation, students come to understand counting, cardinality, sequencing, ordering, place value, number recognition and identification and more! Get started today!

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 11d

📚🦇 October favorite: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! A perfect read-aloud for retelling, sequencing, counting, & more. Kids giggle + build literacy and math skills at the same time. Spooky fun learning! 🎃 youtu.be/tHlAWybi6Og

There was an old lady bat who swallowed a bat! #mathshorts #kindergartenmath #homeschoolingfun

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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 13d

Fall math small group and math workstations just got an upgrade! 🎃 Grab mini pumpkins, picture cards, and a toy pickup truck. Have kids "load the truck" to act out problems—perfect for building number sense, practicing one-to-one counting, and comparing quantities. bit.ly/4nSefFm

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 13d

Ready to become the math teacher every student remembers? Our fall courses are designed to empower you with the confidence and creative tools to teach math like never before.
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drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 15d

Just what you need to get your fact fluency workstations going! #primaryschool #primaryteacher #firstgrade #secondegrade #thirdgrade
#firstgrader #secondgrader #thirdgrader #firstgradeteacher #mathfacts #mathfactfluency #secondgrademathcenters #thirdgradeteacher #secondgradeteacher

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 15d

Great book! Fun read for October! Lot's of possibilities for literacy and math activities. #elementaryschool #primaryschool #primaryschoolteacher #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #prek #prekinder #firstgrade #firstgrader

drnickinewton.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social · 18d

Make Math Fun All Year Long!
Yearly Ten & Twenty Frame Set!
Great for teaching:
Subitizing
Counting, one-to-one correspondence
Cardinality
Number identification & recognition
Making 10 and 20
Addition, Subtraction, Comparing & More!
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