All my coworkers know that I am a strong advocate for guided math. I use small, flexible groupings in my classroom mixed with stations. I always have an independent station, a technology station, a math center station, and of course a teacher station. Check out more about how guided math works in my classroom here. My math center station always incorporates hands-on activities or games. This is the station that students look forward to the most! Whether it is building with base-ten blocks, playing multiplication war with a partner, or maneuvering pattern blocks into a specific shape, it’s no wonder that kids enjoy math centers so much!

Today I am sharing a great math center idea about telling time from Education.com. You can check out more of their fun math activities here! This math center uses Legos, or any kind of Duplo-style blocks. Last year one of my classroom parents brought in a MASSIVE box of Legos that her sons no longer wanted, and it has been sitting in one of my classroom shelves. I am excited to incorporate this math center next year during our telling time unit, I know that it’ll be a big hit.

What You Need:

• Paper
• Fine point black marker
• Scissors
• Tape
• Duplo-style blocks