Hands-On Math: Fraction Trees

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Making a math fraction tree is a really simple activity but is a great visual of how fractions work!  You just need paper and scissors to build it. This is great math activity to go along with any forest activities or unit studies.

How to Make a Fraction Tree

To make this math fraction tree, I used 7 pieces of brown paper for the trunk and 3 pieces of green paper for the leaves.

For the bottom part of the trunk, I stacked 3 “whole” papers.

After those three pieces, I began with the fractions. Divide one pice in half and place them on either side of the top of the whole piece.

Continue on dividing each successive piece of paper into a smaller fraction: 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16.

Just for fun, we also cut up a bunch of leaves to make it look more tree-like! You could decorate it according to the season with fall colored leaves, or spring blossoms, etc.

This fraction tree is an awesome activity for a forest or tree teaching unit. It is also a fun hands-on way to teach fractions. Kids will remember that visual when practicing their fractions.

You could also mix up the pieces and let the kids assemble the fraction tree themselves to see if they understand how the fractions work.

Join in on The Virtual Book Club for Kids. This week’s theme is Forest and the book is The Gruffalo!  (This is such a cute book!)

The other participating bloggers this week:

Owl Science Activities – Preschool Powol Packets

Pre Writing Worksheets and Gruffalo Writing Tool– JDaniel4’s Mom

Wood Slice Number Game – Rainy Day Mum

Nature art – Mama Smiles

Printable Forest Friends Skip Counting Puzzles – Artsy Momma

Log Pile House Building Challenge – Inspiration Laboratories

Splat Painting Inspired by the Gruffalo –  Toddler Approved

Check out some of my past fraction teaching ideas:

For some reason, I love doing fraction posts! 🙂

Roll a Whole
Christmas Tree Fractions
Snowman Fractions
Fraction Flowers
Each Orange Had 8 Slices
Hershey Fractions
Fraction- Decimal- Percentage Puzzles
Fun Ways to Teach Fractions to Kids