February Math Centers K,1, & 2

February is around the corner!  Let’s take a peek at preparing for a fantastic February full of math learning!

Preparing to be Hands-On

One thing that you can do to entice your learners both at the small group table and at your centers, is to make your manipulatives appear new or different!  This is so easy!  Just take out the manipulatives that you plan to use most, and choose the colors out that work for the season or monthly theme!  For February, I chose red, pink, white, purple, and a sometimes light blue! 

The little containers came from target.

The manipulatives are not new, but you can make them seem brand new with your color scheme and some fun little containers. Here’s some of my favorites! What I love most about the pictures above is that I already had all of the manipulatives on hand and just made them appear “themey!”

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I love these centimeter cubes from ETA hand2mind!  They are multi-colored and are perfect for little hands and can be used for TONS of different math games and activities! Counting, adding and subtracting, measuring, and as “ones” in place value.   I’ll show how I use them in my February centers.

These transparent rainbow tiles are also a favorite.  The reason I love them is because the students can still see what they have covered.  These are my favorite for games that have numbers being covered up.

These one inch rainbow color tiles are perfect for ten and twenty frames as well as so many other concepts.  Because there are so many colors it makes them perfect for seasonal games.  Plus they come in a HUGE bag!

February Math Centers

Let’s take a look at the centers for February and how we can use these fun manipulatives!  Just having them in the bucket for centers makes me swoon and it has the same effect on the students.   Below are a mixture of K-2 February Centers.

Whether you are working on missing addends at the small group table or in your independent centers, the centimeter cubes can be used as counters.  For place value, they make terrific ones to go along with your tens!

In the February center for K-3 there are different versions of this game.  Some are shapes, others are attributes!  Students play together trying to cover their own board first.

In this first grade center, students are working on doubles facts.  Partners face each other and each try to cover their own side of the board by solving doubles facts.

Students love to talk about teeth!  In this center students solve addition and subtraction story problems with the help of these fun teeth and counters.

Second Grade solves valentine story problems with double digit addition and subtraction.

Making tens has never been more adorable!  Students must find the two animals with numbers that make ten!  All of the combinations are there and there are multiple animal sets.  The different colored counters represent the numbers on each animal.

Here’s a kinder version of this game.  Students are matching the shape they spin to the same shape on the gameboard.

In this game, kinder friends are spinning to match a ten frame to a number on their own side of the game board.

This second grade level of double trouble has larger addends

A Good Look at the Skills

Students can really visualize balancing across the equal sign with this fun center.  You can use a real balance for some added fun, or you can use this paper balance.  Each grade level has different levels of difficulty.

This is another fun center that spiral reviews place value.  Popping up place value!

In this strategic game, students can add or subtract to cover a number.  The first one to get everything covered wins!

 

These sweet delivery trucks are delivering up odd and even treats!  Students help load them up by sorting them by odd and even

 

Speaking of deliveries… Students can sort the mail to be delivered by the sums.  Each grade level has a different range of numbers.

February Math Centers

Here are the links for each of these center packs!  Each one also has ten journal entries and ten printable practice pages to accompany the activities.  These sets were made with the intention of supplying teacher with multiple station activities all in one!

Kindergarten February Math Centers

First Grade February Math Centers

Second Grade February Math Centers

K-2 Bundle of all three February Math Centers