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M&M Math – Teaching Math With Candy Is Fun

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Math Graphing Activity for Kids! This beginner graphing activity teaches children how to use a graph in a delicious way – CANDY! Remarkably, my preschoolers did NOT eat theirs. Amazing! Of course, I told them not to but no one even sneaked any. What a good bunch of kiddos I have in my classroom…

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My students were allowed to take their candies home, along with the graph, so that they could practice with their parents. Somewhere along the line, those M&M’s had to have been eaten. Of course, other candies or colored cereal can be used for this fun graphing activity but I am partial to M&M’s and this free printable was made just for them!
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M&M Math & Graphing For Kids

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White cardstock
Color printer
M&M’s milk chocolate candies
Small paper cups
Plastic wrap

 

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I pre-labeled each cup with the child’s name.
The plastic wrap is to seal it up for them to take their candy home.

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M&M Graphing Lesson For Preschoolers

  • Print a copy of the graph in color on white card stock- one for each child.
  • Pour some M&M’s in a small paper cup – one cup per child.
  • Sit your students down at a table with their graph and candies.
  • Explain to them that they should sort through their candies and place a line of candies on the same bar of the color they are holding. i.e. green M&M’s go on the green line, red on red and so forth.
  • Have them count how many greens, how many blues, how many reds.

So, your little ones just got a “taste” (pardon the pun) of how to use and read a graph plus a counting exercise – with a snack afterward!

What other ways can you think of to use this graphing activity with young children?

 

This year I made snowman cookies for a movie night party.
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Delicious Patriotic Red White & Blue M&M’s Chocolate Candies

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Have you ever seen a WHITE M&M? Me neither but I just heard they are out there.   As a lifelong M&M candy lover, this is exciting news to me! M&M’s and I date way back. When I was a little girl, my brother and I would empty out our little bags of these chocolate gems and line them up by color. We’d count how many of each we had and then decide which one would be the first one we would eat.

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Back in those days, there was a tan or beige color – that shade was retired  decades ago when orange was added. Blues came much later.  Tell me if I am right: they came in brown, beige/tan, yellow, green and red.

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The Multi-Colors of M&M Candies

Nowadays we have enjoyed lots of different M&M colors including pretty pastels in the spring. To the best of my knowledge, and certainly to me, white is new. The new red, white and blue patriotic M&M’s collection is available just in time for Independence Day!


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Traditional M&M's colorful candies get a new look at special times - see the Patriotic theme for July 4! #ad

Related article:  The History of M&M’s

Related article:  M&M Math – Candy Graphing For Kids Using M&M’s


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How to Control Clutter And Hoard No More!

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From candy hoarder to organized - a success story with tips!

I am embarrassed to admit that candy was overtaking my house. I had some candy stashed in the kitchen. Some had overflowed into my office. A lot of candy bars were upstairs where I shoot the photos. It really was kind of frightening – candy was spreading everywhere!

Do you have something overtaking your house? Maybe books, kid’s toys, CDs, shoes, candles, beauty products, tools … name your clutter. These steps to clearing clutter work. They even work with electronic clutter – documents or e-mail messages. So let’s get started!

1.) Get it all in one place. Gather all your related clutter in one area.

2.) Trash the expired and the duplicates. Do you have magazines that are more than a year old? They are obsolete. Those jackets with giant shoulder pads from the 80s? Please. And do you need 10 yellow highlighters or 45 versions of a contract?

3.) Organize it. I grouped all the peanut butter candy, the coconut candy, and on and on. You can group all your e-mail about a project or all your anti-wrinkle creams. Group those dang financial papers. Group things so it makes sense to you and you can find items if you need them.

4.) Contain it. I am not a fan of buying fancy baskets to put stuff in. I’d rather just throw it away. But if you are going to keep things until you can go through them or for any length of time, they deserve a decent container. I  bought a some cheap plastic see-through drawers to put the candy in. Do this with shoes that are out of season or papers that you want to keep. At least you will be able to see what is inside!

5.) Set limits on the inflow. My new rule is no more candy until there is space in the containers. I will get this clutter under control!  I also do this with books. No more bookshelves! If I buy books, I have to get rid of books. This is also known as the “one in, one out” rule.

6.) Go through something every day. If you clear out the clutter a little bit every day, you will start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!

Your reward for all this? Stop can by my house and get some candy – please!

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Denise Ryan, MBA, CSP, is a motivational speaker who gives presentations filled with great real world tips and a strong dose of humor.  Her website is http://www.firestarspeaking.com where you can see more articles and sign up for a free newsletter.   

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