Who wouldn’t want to win one of these awesome items! Here is the raffle basket we had at our last Family Math Night event. It’s filled with fun math-y things. As families signed in, kids wrote their name and class on a raffle ticket and put it in the jar (see photo below). Kids who wrote an answer for our What Do You Notice? poster got to put another ticket in the jar. Several times throughout the evening names from…
Last night was our annual Family Math Night at Alamo Elementary School in Vacaville, CA. I used activities for our upcoming Gellin’ with Geometry kit. When I entered the room, Suzy, the awesome mom who helps get everything organized for me before I arrive, had set up the sign in table using this year’s theme of geometry. How cute are these geometric sign-in sheets?! Suzy, you’re amazing!
There are 8 stations in each of our family math night kits. All the materials and manipulatives for each of the 24 activities (8 stations x 3 activity levels) is included in the kits. The photo above reflects how I get ready for event night. I have 8 handled bags for easy carrying. Each bag reflects one of the stations. Shown above are the bags for our Gellin’ with Geometry kit. In the bags are all the materials, activity sheets,…
Here’s a great resource to hand out to parents at your Family Math Night events. It covers 5 areas: Support positive attitudes towards mathematics ● Let your child know that everyone can be successful in mathematics. This can be done by… ● …encouraging your child to be persistent in working through problems; success will build confidence. ● Avoid negative comments about math such as, “I was never good at math.” ● Praise effort not intelligence. Use words like I like…
Students make great Family Math Night Station Facilitators. As much as I can, I use students in grades 5 and up to run my stations. – It’s a great leadership opportunity. – It shows them respect when you trust them with the responsibility of being in charge of their station. – They develop inter-personal skills working with both their peers and adults. – Their own learning and understanding is underscored when they show others how to do a task. About…