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Effective Family Engagement

Effective Family Engagement

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Dr. Karen Mapp, renowned for her work on family engagement, asked the audience at the 2024 ESEA Conference to list 5 events or activities that schools are currently doing to engage families. She then asked the audience to circle the activities that fit all three of the following criteria: “This is how you do effective family engagement”, she said. It turns out that our K-5 Family Math Night events hit each of the criteria she listed for providing effective family engagement: One…

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Promoting Your Family Math Night Event

Promoting Your Family Math Night Event

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Dinner + Math We all know that parents are busy people. Any opportunity to make their lives easier and, well, they’re usually in. So let’s take dinner off their plate (!) and feed them. A spaghetti feed works well. But if you want to make it easy, bring in pizza or, even better, have a local restaurant donate the food. You can pass out their restaurant coupons at the Family Math Night sending customers in their direction. It’s a win/win! If you do decide to offer…

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Family Math Night “Accessories”

Family Math Night “Accessories”

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Activities are planned. Materials gathered. Facilitators signed up. Now it’s time to think about some easy ways to create a fun and welcoming Family Math Night environment. I call this “accessorizing” your event. Here are four simple ideas: 1. “Passport” Stickers and Prizes Kids love collecting stickers. And they love getting prizes, too! So as they enter your event, hand them a “passport” that lists each of the stations. They collect stickers by completing an activity at a station. Once…

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Family Math Night Home Edition

Family Math Night Home Edition

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Family Math Nights are usually done at school but I created one that families can do at home. This comprehensive resource includes video tutorials, check lists, materials lists, and activity sheets for four home-friendly activities for grades K-5. I’m including the video below.

My goal was to design the Family Math Night/Day to be different than simply doing a math activity at the kitchen table. It’s their own personal event and I walk them through how to do it step-by-step. Watch the video below for tips on making it a special event.

Here is the link so you can access all the activity PDFs:
https://familymathnight.com/resources/mathathome.php

Here is the link so you can access the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GknJtgZ47KQ

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