Learning Magic, Inc

Curriculum Area: Math


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Subtraction 0-9 Animated

From our "The Suitcase Series" CD, this math activity provides students with the ability to practice subtraction problems with built in animated support which will provide them both auditory and visual representation of the problem when the "help" button is clicked.

Grade level: K-2.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Color by Number Set 2

From our “The Suitcase Series” CD, this math activity provides students with an opportunity to paint a picture of a fish while correlating the colors and numbers on a toolbar to the numbers on the picture. Number recognition can easily be examined through this fun activity.

Grade level: K-2.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Patterns Set 3

From our “The Suitcase Series” CD, this math and early learning activity will provide students with an opportunity to continue patterns. Each page has different images within the pattern and students are asked to place two objects on the page to continue the pre-existing pattern.

Grade level: K-2.     Curriculum area: Math and Early Learning.  


Vehicle Addition to 6

Vehicle Addition to 6 is based upon the NEW Learning Magic addition template which not only tracks the correct number of objects in the counting boxes but also checks to make sure that the objects in the counting boxes are the correct objects based upon the text box scenario. For example, the text states that four jeeps and two corvettes are available for sale at an audition. The child first is instructed to place four jeeps in the left counting box, then two corvettes in the middle counting box. After that they are to place the total number and assortment of vehicles in the right-most counting box using the correct objects and finally to write the equation below.

Grade level:K-2.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Halloween Subtraction to 9

Halloween Subtraction to 9 is based upon the NEW Learning Magic "Subtraction Plus" template. In this template we not only track the correct mathematical calculation but also track and check that the correct objects (i.e. children dressed as ghosts and or witches) are put into the counting boxes as described in the text box above.

Grade level:K-2.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Explore in the Sky

This activity is based on the IntelliTools Classroom Suite® Explore template. We have provided six background images of the sky and a series of things that you will find in the sky including bats and blimps.

Grade level: K-2.     Curriculum area: Math  


Wizards and Princesses Addition to 6

In this activity the child is presented with ten addition questions regarding wizards and princesses that meet in the forest. A forest background is also provided as a backdrop to the addition problems. The activity is built in the Addition template that comes with Classroom Suite.

Grade level: K-2.     Curriculum area: Math  


Beach Addition to 9

In this activity the child is presented with ten addition questions regarding crabs and starfish that meet at the beach. An ocean shore background is also provided as a backdrop to the addition problems. The activity is built in the Addition template that comes with Classroom Suite.

Grade level: K-2.     Curriculum area: Math  


The Chicken House

The Chicken House is a two part activity. The first portion of the activity was developed in IntelliPics Studio 3® and provides pictures of the chicken house and its wide variety of residents. After exploring the chicken house and its denizens, the activity is linked to an "addition" activity which provides a series of questions related to the number of poultry that are involved in various endeavors around the chicken house. The second portion of the activity is built in IntelliMathics 3® .

Grade level: K-2.     Curriculum area: Math  


Grocery Shopping

This is a two part activity. The first part, an introduction written in IntelliPics Studio 3®, relates the story of Sharon who has come home and found a note from her mother along with sixty dollars in cash. The note asks Sharon to go to the grocery store to purchase nine items. The second part of the activity was developed in IntelliTalk 3® and provides nine purchase scenarios where Sharon has to get the correct change back in the fewest number of bills and coins as she purchases each item.

Grade level: 3-5 and Middle/High.     Curriculum area: Math and Life Skills   


Data Analysis Template 2

In the IntelliMathics 3® activity set, there is a very good template that can be used for data analysis work with kids. We at Learning Magic have created a modified template, Data Analysis Template 2, that includes a different set of items to choose from for your data analysis work.

Grade level:3-5.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Addition in the Woods

This activity is based upon the IntelliMathics 3® Addition Template (Addition in the Desert). In this activity the child is presented with eight addition problems using the numbers 1-5 to arrive at sums ranging from two to five. The activity has a background picture of the woods. Children are presented with addition problems wherein they have to add beetles and caterpillars together.

Grade level:K-2.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Addition in the Sky

The Addition in the Sky activity provides children with the ability to add up to ten planes or helicopters in the sky at any one time. The activity provides ten problems, each based upon a written problem that is presented in a text box.

Grade level:K-2.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Subtraction in the Savanna

The Subtraction in the Savanna activity is based upon a modified template that Learning Magic has created for subtraction. We modeled this template after the IntelliMathics 3® Addition template (Addition in the Desert activity). The child must put items equal to the remainder in a final counting box and then write an equation to represent the story or question that was originally presented. This activity works with numbers from 1 to 6.

Grade level:K-2.     Curriculum area: Math.  


Parts of a Set - Variety

The Parts of a Set - Variety activity is based upon the IntelliMathics 3® Parts of a Set template. In this activity children are presented with ten problems, each with a variety of items and then asked a question about part of this group of items. The question requires them to build a fraction that corresponds to the correct answer.

Grade level:3-5 and Middle/High     Curriculum area: Math  


Shopping at the Mall

This activity was built in IntelliTalk 3® and involves a series of money problems revolving around a trip to the mall to purchase school clothes. The children are presented with a series of situations and shopping decisions where they purchase various clothing items and then have to get the correct change back in the fewest number of bills and coins.

Grade level:3-5 and Middle/High     Curriculum area: Math and Life Skills.  


Pond Fractions

The activity provides an initial seven page introduction of what children see as they walk around the pond. In a second portion, thirteen fraction problems are provided in a storybook form.

Grade level: Middle/High and 3-5     Curriculum area: Math  


Hyde Park Fractions

This activity combines pictures of the Hyde Park pony practice track in London and various horse images available from the IntelliTools Classroom Suite picture library. A total of eight fraction problems provide questions regarding the size, color, position and movement of the horses along the race track.

Grade level: Middle/High and 3-5     Curriculum area: Math  


Valley Produce fractions

This activity incorporates pictures of various cabbage and broccoli fields as well as packaging of produce for shipment to market. There are a total of six fraction problems included in this activity and the problems are presented in a story book form.

Grade level: Middle/High and 3-5     Curriculum area: Math  


Iris Farm Fractions

This activity incorporates pictures of various iris fields as well as close up pictures of a variety of irises. The activity includes ten fraction problems that are presented in a story line manner based upon observations of the iris fields and the irises themselves.

Grade level: Middle/High and 3-5     Curriculum area: Math  


Fruit Stand Fractions

This activity incorporates pictures of a strawberry fruit stand as well as a picture of raspberries growing on the bush. The activity revolves around the activities of the fruit stand and the various customers that come in each hour. A total of eight fraction problems are provided.

Grade level: Middle/High and 3-5     Curriculum area: Math  


Chocolate

This unit on Chocolate is actually five activities in one. The main unit recounts the history of chocolate from the days of the Mayans through its discovery and transport to Europe by Hernando Cortez and explores the cultivation and production of chocolate today. Subsequent to working through the initial unit there are four more activities for children to participate in.

Grade level: 3-5 and Middle/High School     Curriculum areas:History, Math, Science, Language Arts