Base ten block storage

Check out your local thrift stores for classroom storage solutions. See how this teacher turned an old piece of furniture into an awesome storage cabinet for place value materials.

Many of us have pinned this beauty of a bookmark to our reading and writing boards on pinterest...

Are you looking for ways to organize math manipulatives? I am always looking for ways to be more organized in our classroom so that everyone knows where everything is...no excuses!! :) I am so excited about this recent purchase I made for next year's classroom!! You may have seen this all over pinterest awhile ago, but I finally found the idea. I think it originally came from Tales of Frogs and Cupcakes. I went to Dollar Tree and found the bins!! $1 a bin...YES, PLEASE! I bought 13 to have…

Happy 2014 everyone! I cannot believe it's a new year already! Winter break flew by and now it's back to work. My new year's goal is to blog more often. Now if I could find an extra hour in the day, that would be ideal. I spent a little bit of time browsing the Dollar Store this weekend. I found some fun things to use in the classroom. A while back I pinned this bright idea about storing base ten blocks. I have looked everywhere for these containers. Apparently I finally hit the Dollar Store…

So, I've been away for a few days because I went to the University of Georgia for graduation! Two of my coworkers and I graduat...

SMALL GROUP TIP! I used supply caddies to store our base ten blocks for easy access. My mini humans were able to quickly grab the blocks…

"PLACE" Value....Because the Value of Place is critical! Get organized by placing your Base 10 manipulatives into simple storage containers. Easy Peasy to pass out and collect. :)

Today I was making these Adapted Base Ten Blocks Kits for a resource room in one of our elementary schools. I thought I would share them with you. Here is a link to my blog that discusses them more in detail. So though I don’t have a worksheet for you to download, I FREELY share ... Read More about Adapted Base 10 Blocks

Happy Saturday!! And you know what Saturday means around here... Hope you have had a good week! This week, I have been working in my classroom off and on and am excited to have it all put back together BEFORE July is even over! I have NEVER been able to access my classroom so early in the summer, so I totally took advantage when I heard that we were able to get into our rooms. Time to get in gear because the kiddies are coming back soon! You may remember this picture from this blog post on…

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