SMART Board Goodies A Resource Blog by Amber Coggin 

I was inspired by something I saw today using the old “drag and drop” trick at our District SMART Board Workshop. I put on my thinking cap and created a piggy bank drop file for your students to use to count out coins. Make sure you turn up the volume to hear the coins actually fall into the piggy bank! Click here to download it. Enjoy!

MathNook.com has some great interactive activities that you should check out. Be aware of the ads on the sides and  bottom of the site. You could always use the spotlight tool to only show the game and block out the ads or use the Flash Game Maximizer add-on for Firefox! Below is the Counting Money game.

The Le@rning Federation out of Australia provides digital resources aligned with Australian standards.There are several categories in the sample curriculum content section that you should definitely check out! Number Trains, from the Early Years category, is a wonderful interactive for learning to count numbers 1-10 represented as words, numerals, and dots! Place the carriages in the correct order in groups of four to make the train move along the track. Enjoy, and don’t forget to check out the rest of the free activities.

This is a nice little counting activity from HarcourtSchool.com for young students that can be used as a 100th Day activity. It is narrated as well! Click the carrot to start counting. You will be asked to type in the next letter. Use your regular keyboard, or use this as a way to teach the students about the SMART Board on-screen keyboard!