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Elementary school mathematics teachers, parents, youth librarians, and after-school teachers, may be interested in this collection of 25 online educational math games. Arranged by grade level and topic, these games provide an engaging way for youth to practice and review a number of math skills and concepts. These skills include recognizing numbers, calculating equivalent fractions, and understanding the four basic operations. Each of these games is designed for young learners to play on their own, making this website a possible option for students who finish assignments before their classmates. This website is created and maintained by Funbrain, a children's educational website that is part of the Family Education Network. [

Greg Coleman, Mr Elementary Math, has worked as a mathematics teacher and coach for fourteen years. Here, math tutors and teachers will find a variety of tips and ideas for supporting elementary-level math learners. Visitors can browse previous blog posts by category: number sense, addition & subtraction, multiplication & division, fractions & decimals, measurement & geometry, and math ideas. A recent post provides advice on how math teachers can save a classroom lesson when their technology fails them at the last minute. While aimed specifically at elementary school math teachers, many of Coleman's ideas may also be of interest to adult educators, tutors, parents, and caretakers.

Each day of the school year I present my students with an estimation challenge. I love helping students improve both their number sense and problem solving skills. I'd like to share the estimation challenges with you and your students. Michael Fenton and I have collaborated on this handout for your students. Happy Estimating!

Mathematics educator Dan Meyer blogs about teaching math on dy/dan. Meyer shares teaching ideas along with reflections about mathematics curriculum and pedagogy. Those new to the site may want to start with the Archives, where visitors may search through past posts via a variety of subject tags, including Classroom Management, Assessment, and Great Classroom Action (which features a number of creative and engaging classroom activities). A highlight of this blog is Three-Act Tasks, a series of lesson plans centered on student problem solving. These engaging lessons are accompanied by videos that are sure to pique student interest.

Math Snacks is a collection of "[s]mart educational animations, games, and interactive tools that help mid-school learners better understand math concepts." These interactive tools are designed to engage young students - specifically those between third and seventh grade - in mathematics concepts. This website also includes a number of resources to help instructors incorporate Math Snacks into their curriculum, including a teacher's guide (in video format) and a printable student guide. All Math Snacks resources are available in both English and Spanish.

Reading bedtime stories to children is a common strategy to boost kids' literacy--but what about doing the same for math? Parents hoping to prevent math anxiety in their children may find Bedtime Math to be a formidable ally. This resource offers more than two thousand short math puzzles designed as fun activities for parents to do with their kids at bedtime. New puzzles are added daily and each features "a cool fun fact, followed by math riddles at different levels so everyone can jump in." Parents can subscribe for free to get new daily Bedtime Math puzzles via email or they can download a free app (available for iOS and Android devices) where they can access the puzzles in both English and Spanish. Bedtime Math also offers the "Crazy 8s Math Club!" a kit of free resources designed to be used for fun after-school recreational math clubs. Bedtime Math was created by Laura Overdeck, a mom with degrees in astrophysics and public policy who loved playing with numbers as a child. Bedtime Math's activities have been used in studies by the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University, who both found their offerings to be beneficial.

The New Jersey Center for Teaching & Learning is a nonprofit organization dedicated to K-12 STEM education. On the organization's course materials page, educators will find a number of free resources for teaching math and science. These resources, which were designed by a team of STEM educators, include presentations, homework assignments, lab activities, and assessments. This collection includes math and science resources in both English and Spanish, along with a few English-language resources in English language arts and computer science. Materials are organized by subject and grade level for easy browsing. Grade levels range from kindergarten to advanced high school, including resources for advanced placement calculus, physics, biology, and chemistry.

Math at the Core: Middle School is a collection of hundreds of free resources for math students in fifth through eighth grades. Most of these resources are short videos that explain a variety of mathematical concepts. The collection also includes infographics, interactive features, links to outside resources, and more. Math educators and tutors can browse the collection by grade level or by Common Core domains. Common Core domains include operations and algebraic thinking, the number system, geometry, statistics & probability, and more.