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Top Pi Day activity ideas for elementary students

Want to celebrate Pi Day with your students, but afraid that the topic may be too advanced for them? Happy Numbers collected some engaging and simple activity ideas that’ll help you introduce the concept and celebrate math with your students!

Happy Content team· 09 Mar

$Introducing fractions as division is an effective way to teach the concept$

Introducing fractions as division is an effective way to teach the concept

How to teach fractions as division? Take a closer look at the concept of fractions through the strategy described in this article, and show students how to relate fractions to division.

Happy Numbers team· 13 Feb

Adding Fractions with different denominators: promoting the massive skill

How can you effectively explain adding fractions with unlike denominators to your 5th graders? In this article we’d like to share our own engaging way of introducing the topic: from concrete to abstract, we make sure students get a firm understanding of the concept!

Happy Numbers team· 20 Dec

Subtraction, as 3-Graders See It

What if we ask you to subtract 81 - 49? One may start with different strategies: from breaking down the numbers to using models or even counting on fingers!

Happy Content team· 20 Dec

How we increased the motivation of children in grades 4-5

Now, Happy Numbers’ 4th- and 5th-grade students are more motivated than ever to learn math.

Happy Numbers team· 07 Jun

Students Achieve Even More Math Growth Thanks to Program Improvements

Our students successfully solve more tasks and spend more time on the platform than they used to.

Happy Numbers team· 11 May

Meet the updated Placement Test

The Happy Numbers Content Team is continuously working not only on new product development but also on fine-tuning existing features and resources.

Happy Numbers team· 19 Apr

Introducing standard units of length measurement at 2nd grade: centimeters and inches

Although students are familiar with the idea that all objects have length, they don't automatically get the concept of...

Happy Numbers team· 28 Feb

The Zone of Proximal Development in the classroom and on HappyNumbers

In this article we’ll discuss the Zone of Proximal Development and how we apply this concept within Happy Numbers.

Happy Numbers team· 24 Feb

Fun Ways to Teach Multiplication to 3rd Graders

One of the main concepts of the 3rd grade is definitely multiplication. This basic knowledge is as crucial as addition and subtraction because all future skills are built on these foundations. That's why it's so important to form a conceptual understanding rather than just to memorize facts.

Happy Numbers team· 09 Feb