The Top 10 Posts of 2013

It's fascinating to look back over the past year and find the most frequently read posts. Here they are, in reverse order, for 2013...

Oh, but wait!

Do me a favor? Sometimes I'm at a loss to know what my readers are interested in, despite the "top posts." I'd like to know you better. Are you a classroom teacher? Homeschooler? Teaching elementary school? Math class? Please take a sec to complete this survey. It's painless. And I won't sell it to a corporation in a faraway land. I just want to know a bit more about YOU. Thank you. And thank you for being a blog reader.

Now, drumroll please...

The Top Ten Posts for 2013 are...

10. Skittles Fractions, Estimation, and Graphing

9. Descriptive Poetry & Tissue Painting: 5-Sense Your Poetry Lessons!

8. Teaching Math...What I Wish I'd Known..

7. Kids Create Subitizing Cards

6. Book Review: The Boy Who Loved Math

5. Finding Area of Parallelograms with the Geoboard (free online & App)

4. Vacation Workstation...a Brain Playground

3. How to Make Teacher Docs: Backgrounds

2. 101 Ways to Make Book Reports Fun

1. Rethinking Multiplication Fact Memorization

And the top post of the year (yeah, I can't count) is...

MATH GAME LIST FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS! (free)

Happy New Year, all!!

Top 10 Math Posts of 2012

The following 2012 posts received the most visits during the past year. Thank you for your support. All the best in 2013!

10. Fun, FREE!, Hands-on Math Units

9. Math Education: Some Must-Read Blog Posts!

8. Calendar Pattern: Fractions & Music

7. Free Math Strategy Posters

6. Ordinal Numbers in Children's Literature & Technology

5. 10 Ways to Mess Up a Child's Mathematical Mind

4. Greater Than/Less Than - DIY Whiteboard Tool

3. My Life in Numbers

2. Part-Whole Math With a Plate!

The #1 post of 2012....
Subitizing - Making Sense of Numbers

And the most visited page on love2learn2day: Math in Children's Literature Book List





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Best of 2010: Math Lessons & Posts from Our Year

Join me for a brief "Year in Review" looking at some of the best posts from 2010...

March
Averaging with Unifix Cubes
Mega Marble Rolls!
Tessellation Lesson Ideas--one of my most-visited posts!

April
Exploring Area with Pattern Blocks
Math and Poetry

May
Table TOP Math--make tops, learn math
Pocket Change: Money Math Lessons
"Smart" by Shel Silverstein (math, poetry, drama)

June
Sorting & Graphing with Beanie Babies
Math in the Movies!

July
Addition Face Games--Make Ten
Incan Quipu Math
Pattern Bugs

August
Math Workbox: Estimation (with Bruce Goldstone's awesome book)

September
Math Workbox: Preschool Activities
What is a "living math" dropout?

October
Probability Pouch Play!
Snowflake Symmetry

November
Milk Cap Math: Magic Square Game
Milk Cap Math: MADS Elimination (both are games to make at home)
Lego Symmetry
365 Penguins and Problem Solving

December
Preschool Flannel Board Shapes
More Snowflake Symmetry (3D paper!)

I hope you enjoyed following along with our learning this year!
Much joy, peace, and love to all of you in 2011!

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