Spring is here! Time to freshen up your math centers with these fun, hands-on activities for 1st and 2nd grade learners. The end of the school year is just around the corner! Take time to switch up classroom math centers to strengthen math skills, supplement student learning, or provide a specific review for students. Keep reading to find out how to use our spring math centers in the elementary classroom.
Spring Math Centers Skills
Our March, April, and May Math Centers feature a variety of activities to practice important math skills. All the math centers can be printed for in-person learning, or use the digital version with Google Slides, SeeSaw, or Powerpoint to assign them digitally.
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Check out our list of activities below to see how to use some of these centers in your 1st or 2nd grade classroom.
Spring COMPARING NUMBERS Math Centers
Practice comparing numbers from 1-100, identifying place value, and using greater than, less than symbols with these spring math centers!
More and Less Shamrock Numbers & Number Comparing Leprechaun Hats
Comparing Numbers Froggy Place Value
Comparing Numbers Great Than/Less Than
Spring MONEY Math Centers
Counting Money Pot of Gold Clips
No writing is needed for these math money centers! Have students count up the money on the card, then clip a clothespin or paperclip to the correct choice.
Money Easter Eggs
What surprises will you find in these Easter Eggs? Students will calculate the amount of money in each egg, and place it in the basket with the matching amount. Add some fun to this activity by putting the problems inside real Easter eggs and having students find each one. The handy recording sheet also makes it easy to keep track of student progress.
Garden Galore Math Center
Get growing with this money math center! Students must calculate the correct amount of money to purchase all the objects they will need to plant a garden. Extend this center activity by having students make their own garden wishlist and price list. What will they grow in their garden?
Spring 2 & 3 DIGIT ADDITION & SUBTRACTION Centers
Who says math fact practice has to be dull and dreary? These spring math centers are all about bringing color and life to a normally ho-hum math routine!
Rainbow Sums
Find the matching sums and graph them in this colorful center.
Spring Sunshine Facts
Everyone needs a little review from time to time. Bring some sunshine to math fact practice with the Sunshine Sums Center. Find the sum and record it on the helpful answer sheet.
Adding 3 Numbers Spring Center
This spring center will help students practice adding three numbers together. To make things more interesting and get students up and moving, hide the puzzle pieces around the room to create a spring math scavenger hunt!
Spring GEOMETRY Centers
Geometry Geoboard Shapes
Students will create shapes to match the shape cards on their geoboards. Don't have geoboards in the classroom? Use the recording sheet to have students draw the matching shape.
Symmetry Pattern Blocks
Nature and springtime are filled with symmetry. From butterfly wings to petals on a flower, students will create their own symmetrical pattern-block pictures with this center.
Spring TELLING TIME Math Centers
Spring forward to daylight savings time with these spring math centers for time!
Telling Time Rabbits and Carrots
Help the rabbit get to the carrot patch in time! This center helps students compare match digital and analog clock faces.
Clock Flowers
Doesn't it feel like time is flying this school year? This center helps students identify time to the hour and half hour in both digital and analog format.
Math Centers for Every Season
Changing your math centers every season is as easy as 1-2-3! We have 1st and 2nd grade math centers for every season and skill. Plus, our centers can be used in digital or print-and-go formats so they are accessible to learners, no matter where they are. If you want to know more about how to use math centers in your classroom check out our post with everything you need to know about math centers. We have centers for every month of the year and then some!
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