Hands on perimeter activities

Are you a reader? Do you worry about your students being readers? Of course, you do! Several years ago I became a trainer for our local science curriculum and now teach teachers how to use the science kits adopted for each grade. At one of those training sessions I conducted, a teacher said

We finished our perimeter and area unit several weeks ago (right before fractions!), but I never got around to posting...

Best Perimeter Activities you will ever find! Have some fun with teaching perimeter!

Hands-on ways to teach measuring perimeter and area in 3rd grade can make a world of difference for students. This Math Made Fun Unit is packed full of fun!

Area and perimeter are two of my favorite math concepts to teach. It's easy to have fun learning area and perimeter.

Creative, Fun Math Activities for Kids

Students can draw a self portrait on a piece of graph paper and using the proportions that they have drawn, they can then calculate the area and perimeter of their portrait!

no prep area, perimeter and volume practice sheets and hands-on activities for general or special education

Explore measurement with this simple hands-on perimeter activity for kids, a Perimeter Lab math invitation. They'll measure, calculate, and have fun.

8 tips for teaching area and perimeter lessons to help you guide your students toward deeper area and perimeter understanding and mastery.

Looking for a cool way to incorporate Architecture into a STEM project? This area and perimeter city brings together science, math, engineering, city planning, maps, and art to make the perfect STEM/STEAM project! And it

Learn about the work of Piet Mondrian with this digital math and arts integration project. Students practice area and perimeter using Google Sheets! This video tutorial gives you the resources you need to teach about Piet Mondrian and his abstract art style. Plus, see how easy it is to do this digital art project in Google Sheets. Use this as a formative check during your measurement unit to check student mastery of area and perimeter. It's a fun and engaging end to our area and perimeter…

A fun activity using Cheez-Its to find area and perimeter!

Let's talk area and perimeter. More specifically about area and perimeter of those combined shapes, complex shapes, what ever you want to call them. I remember my first year teacher I was like "This is the same as finding area and perimeter of a square or rectangle but you just combine it". Well, the spelled recipe for disaster. Ha! We got it figured out but time sure does make it easier. So. This is NOT just the same as area and perimeter of "regular shapes". I'm always looking for fun ways…

Hands on activities and projects, games, manipulatives, books, videos, lessons and more for teaching area and perimeter in elementary school

There are some manipulatives that I can't live without when it comes to teaching area and perimeter. Here are my go-to's for third grade!

Area and perimeter worksheets are not bad to use and do have a place in math class. But if you want to engage kids with this difficult math skill, try using some of these ideas when you teach the area and perimeter units.

Hello! It's Jamie from Diary of a Not So Wimpy Teacher. I am headed back to school today like many other teachers. The kids and I will bot...

Make teaching students about finding the area more fun in the classroom with these five activities! Including area robots, area crowns, area dinosaurs, & more!

Building Block Math - Exploring Perimeter and Area through Hands-On Fun