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Worksheet Generator - This web site will allow you to create printable math worksheets from your browser.
(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, mixed problems, fractions, measurement, fractions, graphing, telling time, and a one-hundred chart)
Links verified 4/6/08

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1. Counting on a Cloud - Pick a picture, then pick a number. One to one correspondence.
2. Color Counting - Click on objects to color the correct number of objects - numbers 1 to 9. (Limit your students time on this activity, it has no end)
3. Connect the Dots to Make a Picture - [1-10] click on the numbers in sequence
4. Connect the Dots to Make a Picture - [1-15] click on the numbers in sequence
5. Connect the Dots to Make a Picture - [1-20] click on the numbers in sequence
6. Count the Number of Wheels - You will be shown several pictures to count the wheels
7. Counting - free worksheets from Math Slice, from 1 to ten objects to count
8. Counting Objects - count to 10, count to 30, Customize it for some other number - from FreeMathTest
   1. Worksheets to print are also available supporting instruction of this topic
9. Count the Ants - [1-10] click on the number that matches the number of ants
10. Farm Addition - Count the chicks and drag the number that tells how many.
11. How Many? - [1-10] click on the number that match the amount
12. How Many? - [1-20] click on the number that match the amount
13. Jungle Counting - A lion, with a southern accent, asks students to count items in the picture. 1-10
14. Learn to Count - [1-12] count the number of fish and click on the number on 4/6/08
15. Number Cards - [1-20] Print and present as a number strip or cut up individual numbers to be placed in order by students. on 4/6/08
    If numbers are too small, enlarge on a photocopier
16. Numeral recognition - Bear Dice Game- click on the dice and match the cards with the same numbers.
17. Select Six - click on all the things that there are six of | Seven | Eight
18. Valentine Counting - [1-10] count the number of dots on a heart and drag it into a bag with the matching number on 4/6/08

1. Counting - to 10, to 20, to 50, customize number and blanks - from FreeMathTest
   1. Worksheets to print are also available supporting instruction of this topic
2. Counting by 2's, 5's, & 10's - counting backward or forward, select the missing number
3. How Much Money is This? - count by 10's (dimes) up to $1.00
4. Match Number word with Numeral - [this link opens in a new window] 0-25
5. Match Numeral to Number Word - [this link opens in a new window] 0-10
6. Name that Numeral - [1-10] click on the number word that matches the numeral
7. Sequences - Count by 2's, 5's, or 10's or customize or print worksheets &

1. Count Backwards 10 to 1 - Worksheet to print, students write missing numbers in eggs
2. Count Backwards 10 to 1 - Worksheet to print, students write missing numbers in circles
3. Counting Down - What is the next number if counting down?
   1. Counting Down (another version) - What is the next number if counting down?
4. Spooky Sequences - ghosts appear with numbers on their chest, students click on the number buttons to put the missing number in the sequence on 4/7/08
5. Ten in the Bed - [these links open in a new window] (counting from ten down to one) - this story will read itself to you. After students are familiar with the story, you can use a version that asks your students to do the reading.

1. Ann and Addem's Dartboard Game - Recognize numbers 2 through 18 by placing darts on the dartboard.
2. Bees and Honey - Numeration exercise - use this to help mouse skills
3. Draw the Correct Number - [numbers to 5] worksheet, students draw shapes to match numbers
4. Fishing for Numbers - from FunSchool - match numeral with correct amount of fish
5. Number Matching - count objects and match the correct numeral to them

1. Oddball - [this link opens in a new window] click on the one that is different
2. Virtual Goose - You must match the egg the goose is sitting to one of the other four eggs. Caution, the eggs will have been turned.
3. Zoe's Pet Shelter (Sesame Street) - Zoe has to group animals with similar characteristics. This will work best as a whole class activity. Caution! This game never ends!

1. ColorCount - Click on the number of animals to color in order to match the numeral. Click on Play to start

1. Interactive Ten Frame - use this Excel file for whole class activities with an interactive whiteboard (two ten frames and 20 markers on each of three sheets)
2. Ten Frames to print - contents of frames range from zero to nine

1. Fabulous Fractions - [this link opens on a new page] learn the concept of equal parts as related to fractions. (Author - Karen Chandler)
2. Fraction Flags - design a flag using halves or quarters
3. Fraction Flags - design a flag using thirds
4. Fraction Painting - use a 2x2 grid
   1. for advanced students use one of these 3x3 grid, 4x4 grid, 5x5 grid, or a 6x6 grid
5. Fractions - A simple practice for children first learning fractions. Using fourths, the site demonstrates how the colored section is the key to the top number and the total boxes (4) are the key to the bottom number.
6. I Want My Half - [this link opens on a new page] understand the concrete and symbolic representations of fractions (Author - Sandi King) [thirds, fourths and fifths are also shown]

1. Coins for Candy - [this link opens on a new page] identify, know the value of, and compare the values of a penny, nickel, and dime (Author - Sandi King)
2. How Much Money is This? - count by 10's (dimes) up to $1.00
3. Match the coins to the amount - a printable from Enchanted Learning (another version of this activity) (a third worksheet on this topic)
4. The Money Page - Multiple links to activities and worksheets dealing with the counting of money.
5. U. S. Coins ( from Enchanted Learning) - Scroll a bit more than halfway down this page until you see Adding and Subtracting Coins (Printouts). Look below that to see about six dozen printables of various difficulty.

1. Connect the Dots - number order up to 30, connecting dots form cars
2. Count the Dots - Connect the dots to create pictures. (picture to print)
3. Counting Up - What is the next number when counting up? Students click on the number that comes next, counting up.
4. Counting Down - What is the next number if counting down?
5. Ordering Numbers to One-Hundred - [advanced] arrange numbers from least to greatest by clicking and dragging the numbers
6. Using Comparison Symbols - given two single digit numbers use > or < to order the numbers
7. Which Number is Missing? - eleven questions, choose the missing number

1. Do they have the Same? - Select your playmates, then decide if they have the same number or who has more?
2. More, Less, or the Same - Count the objects on each side and decide if they are more, less or the same. Students must recognize the words
3. Math Lingo - Play tic tac toe while learning position words, more, less and many more math terms.

1. Bees and Honey - Numeration exercise - use this to help mouse skills
2. Fishing for Numbers - from FunSchool - match numeral with correct amount of fish
3. Number Matching - Count objects and match the correct numeral to them.
4. Test the Toad - Add or subtract numbers from 1 to 15 by clicking on the numbered person. [number line made of people]
5. What number comes next - Numeral ordering
6. Worksheet Generator - Print your own number line worksheets, you decide on the starting and ending numbers and the increment.

1. Find Squiggly - [this link opens on a new page] Read and select the ordinal number under which you will find the worm. [unavailable on 10/16/07]
2. Get In Line - [this link opens on a new page] explore ordinal positions (Author - Sandi King)
3. Ordinal Numbers - If ten students ran a race, we would say that the student that ran the fastest was in first place, the next student was in second place, and so on.
4. Match Cardinal and Ordinal numbers - click and drag
5. Match Cardinal and Ordinal numbers - concentration style game
6. Ordinal Balloons - click on the balloons and put them the right carts
7. Ordinal Numbers - [spanish language] put them in order. [this link opens in a new window]
8. Practice Ordinal Numbers - [scroll down to the orange section to practice] name the ordinal
9. Twelve Cats in a Row - [this link opens in a new window] eleven of them are black, you pick which ordinal number describes the orange cat

1. The Art of Math - Create your own math tests. Learn math through repetition. Each math test is randomly generated based on the values you provide (you set grade level and difficulty). This allows each math test to be unique, providing students with an endless number of challenges. (help with adding, subtracting, or multiplying) K - 3
2. Give the students a head start - Practice beginning first grade skills at Houghton Mifflin's Site. Click on the chapters in order to see how far your students can progress in First Grade Math!
3. Missing Numbers - [this link opens on a new page] Fill in the missing parts of the addition and subtraction problems

1. Number & Operations (Grades PreK-2)

1. Kindergarten Math Worksheets - 35 worksheets to print - from Kid Zone

1. Astronomy Shape Match - click and drag objects to match shape outlines
2. Buzzing with Shapes (2 player game) - Be the first to fill a row (like tic-tac-toe). Players must select the number of sides in a shape.
3. Kinderweb - Interactive educational games geared for the beginning of the school year or preschoolers. Students practice their colors and shapes. This site is completely audio so children can work at their own pace independently.
4. Measuring Up with Clifford - follow Clifford's instructions to click on the smallest or largest
5. Oddball - [this link opens on a new page] find the shape that does not match (from FunBrain)
6. Paint the Shapes - [this link opens on a new page] A listening and following directions game identifying shapes and colors.
7. Put it on the Shelf - Replace the question mark with the shape that matches the outline.
8. Shape Match - Drag and drop the shape on the correct match.
9. Shapeville - Click on the shape you find in the pictures
10. Sorting by Size Activity - [this link opens on a new page] An apple picking game that allows students to match apples to appropriate baskets. Shockwave required. Click on Let's Go! Great to use for Mouse Skills
11. Virtual Goose - You must match the egg the goose is sitting to one of the other four eggs. Caution, the eggs will have been turned.

1. Math Lingo - Play tic tac toe while learning positional words, more, less and many more math terms.

1. Curious George's Big Picture - [this link opens in a new window] click on the magnifying glass that shows part of one of the pictures
2. Help Caillou Build a Train Track - When Callilou asks "Do you want to play with me?", click on the train. Match patterns of track pieces to let the passengers get to the train station.
3. Virtual Goose - You must match the egg the goose is sitting to one of the other four eggs. Caution, the eggs will have been turned.

1. Arthur's Music Box - While the song plays you must put the squares in proper order to create a picture. There are three songs and each picture can be divided into four or nine parts.
2. Crazy Pattern Machine - Drag the object that comes next in the pattern. This activity was created by Funschool.
3. Follow the Stars with Caillou - stars blink in the night, remember the order and then click on them in the same order
4. Identify a Missing Number - Someone put number cards in order, but one number is missing. Select the missing number from three choices.
5. Pattern Detectives - [this link opens on a new page] identify and extend patterns in a variety of settings Audio is used to assist non-readers. (Author - Sandi King)
6. Patterning - Click on the pigeon icon on the right to play.
7. What Comes Next? - study repeating patterns and click on the one that continues the pattern

1. Addition - from the Little Animals Activity Centre
2. Addition & Subtraction - from the Little Animals Activity Centre
3. Addition 1 - a simple math problem in addition for beginners using most-familiar fingers as manipulatives - Scroll to the bottom. Click on the Play button beside the name. Uses finger digits to add. Models for the students how to add on their fingers. (Click on parts of the problem to hear them read)
4. Fishing for Numbers - Drag numbered fishing lines to the corresponding numbers of fish.
5. Math Facts from Harcourt School - (K-3) Content available at the site: Addition and Subtraction sums and differences to 10, 12, and 20; Multiplication and Division facts to 5, to 10, to 12. Verbal instructions are included and students can select timed or un-timed. (30 facts)
6. Subtraction - from the Little Animals Activity Centre

1. Algebra (Grades PreK-2)

1. Kinderweb - Interactive educational games geared for the beginning of the school year or preschoolers. Students practice their colors and shapes. This site is completely audio so children can work at their own pace independently.
2. Locate triangles, circles and squares in a set of pictures
3. Shapes - for pre-school, identify shapes and colors
4. Story of Shapes - from Pre-School Library
5. Shape Books - Great site that has shape book patterns for making little books and posters. You can find shapes for most of the the major themes of K such as nature, animals, transportation, holidays, insects and many others.

1. Shapes - [these links open in a new window] (circle, triangle, square, and rectangle) - this story will read itself to you. After students are familiar with the story, you can use a version that asks your students to do the reading.

1. Ask Hannah - (reading skills required) [this link opens on a new page] describe symmetry in two-dimensional shapes (Author - Julie Thompson)
2. Mr. Mumble - (reading skills required) [this link opens on a new page] take a look at how to describe two-dimensional shapes (Author - Julie Thompson)

1. Geo Cleo - (reading skills required) [this link opens on a new page] take a look at how to describe three-dimensional shapes (Author - Julie Thompson)

1. Arthur's Music Box - While the song plays you must put the squares in proper order to create a picture. There are three songs and each picture can be divided into four or nine parts.
2. Pattern Detectives - [this link opens on a new page] identify and extend patterns in a variety of settings. Audio is used to assist non-readers (Author - Sandi King)

1. Over, Under, and other spatial concepts - Click and drag on the animals below to move them around the page.

1. Geometry (Grades PreK-2)

1. Centimeters - [this link opens on a new page] to nearest whole number (from FunBrain)
2. Centimeters - [this link opens on a new page] to half centimeter (from FunBrain)
3. Inches - [this link opens on a new page] to nearest whole number (from FunBrain)
4. Inches - [this link opens on a new page] to quarter inch (from FunBrain)
5. The Ruler Game - Learn To Read A Ruler (inches only - increments from inches to sixteenths)

1. Heaviest to Lightest - [designed for 1st grade] Look at the figures on each line. Click once on the lightest object. Click twice on the heaviest object.
2. Measuring Up with Clifford - follow Clifford's instructions to click on the smallest or largest
3. Which is Bigger? - You will be given several objects to compare. Choose which is bigger in each instance.

1. Time for Kindergarten - time is described in terms of what a kindergarten student would be doing throughout the school day

1. Estimate - (use as a whole class activity) Select a range, display tick marks and estimate before revealing the answer.
2. Estimation of Length - this video lesson explains the difference between accurate measure and approximate measure, then gives your students the chance to make estimates based on a baseline.
3. How Tall - [this link opens in a new window] Curious George and his friend want you to estimate how tall a variety of objects are in relation to other objects.

1. Clock Craft - Make a simple paper clock that you can use to practice telling time (from Enchanted Learning)
2. Draw Hands - free worksheets from Math Slice, select 1 hour time intervals
3. Identifying Time to the Hour -
4. Telling Time - Players must drag the digital displays to the matching analogue clock (telling time to the half-hour). All against the clock of course! Other times : (fifteen minute increments) (five minute increments) (one minute increments) - For whole class instruction there is a clock available (digital or analog) which can be advanced by increments)
5. Time Quiz - practice half hour skills
6. Time To Go - [this link opens on a new page] tell time to the half hour (Author - Randy Russell) [use this site for a whole class activity]
7. Time to the Hour - a concentration style matching game, match digital and analog clocks
8. Willy the Watchdog - a two player game which asks students to set the clock to match a given time (half hour increments)

1. Measurement (Grades Pre-K - 2)

1. I Am Special - [this link opens on a new page] Picture graphs are used in real world situations as students organize information, record data, and use mathematical language to read and interpret the graphs. (Author - Sandi King)
2. Use Column Graphs to Answer Questions - (whole class activity to be used with projection) data is displayed in column graphs and students must read the graph to answer questions
3. Use Graphs to Answer Questions - (whole class activity to be used with projection) This Saxon math site uses pictographs or tally marks in the form of check marks. Graphs are sometimes repeated with new questions. Be careful!
4. What Should I Wear? - [this link opens on a new page] (reading skills required) Students use models to determine possible outcomes. (Author - Michaél Dunnivant) [somewhat advanced]

1. Data Analysis & Probability (Grades PreK-2)