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Sharing ideas and best practices to promote effective instruction in elementary math Inspired by educators around the world and the work we do at HappyNumbers.com

The Relationship between Multiplication and Division

Happy Numbers provides a series of exercises that lead students to conceptual understanding of multiplication and division relationship.

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

Technology in Education: The Future Is Here

Technology in Education: The Future Is Here – Math Blog for Differentiation from Happy Numbers

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

Teaching Why (not just How): Column Addition and Subtraction

How to give your students a behind-the-scenes look at column addition and subtraction -- interactive lessons to help take the mystery out of exchanging

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

Teacher’s Best Friend: Base-10 Blocks

Using base-10 blocks to represent equations is a great way to provide conceptual understanding of equations and demonstrate strategies for solving them...

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

Solving Word Problems in Mathematics

Solving Word Problems in Mathematics – Math Blog for Differentiation from Happy Numbers

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

So you have an iPad? What next? A guide for teachers

So you now you have an iPad, what can you do with it? To get you started, here's some of the useful apps and tools that would be useful to you as a teacher.

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

Properties of Multiplication

Explore the overview of Happy Numbers’ pedagogy relating to multiplication properties. See introductory tasks and activities developing procedural fluency.

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

Pre-Kindergarten Overview: Introduction to the Math World

Pre-Kindergarten Overview: Introduction to the Math World – Math Blog for Differentiation from Happy Numbers

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

Place Value: Building a Strong Foundation

Early understanding of place value is an important milestone for your students as they advance in numeration and operations. Here are some activities to help your students to move toward this milestone as well as links to exercises that build prior knowledge...

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov

The Pan Balance: Hands-On Approach to Equations

The best K-1 math tool you’re probably overlooking… the pan balance inspires creative problem solving and deep understanding of equations.

Happy Numbers team· 02 Nov