Mikaela Martinez • PreK-Kindergarten Project Based Learning on Instagram: "Helping kids develop perseverance is like teaching them to ride a bike—it takes patience, practice, and a few scraped knees along the way. When they face challenges, whether it’s a tricky math problem or learning to write letters, it’s important to remind them that struggle is part of growth, not a sign to give up. Encouraging a “try again” mindset, celebrating small victories through praise and recognition, and showing t

Mikaela Martinez • PreK-Kindergarten Project Based Learning on Instagram: "This game is one of my student’s favorite games as soon as I teach it to them! Race to 100 puts their place value knowledge to the test as the build and exchange numbers as they carry over and race to see who can get their 100 square first! This game is a part of Good at Math™️ Unit 10: Numbers to 100, where students will add, subtract, count on, compare, build, skip count, identify, and write with numbers up to 100 throu

Mikaela Martinez • PreK-Kindergarten Project Based Learning on Instagram: "Who’s ready to make their own ten frame and get to counting this week? This is also a super great way to make a multi student set of ten frames, just ask for egg carton donations! Favorite ways to use ten frames: 💛Counting 💛1:1 Correspondence 💛Composing and Decomposing Quantity 💛Addition and Subtraction 💛Tens and Ones 💛Number pattern recognition Ten frames are a STAPLE in early childhood math, and they don’t have to