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A Fun Snowman Project that Reinforces Math Skills

A Fun Snowman Project that Reinforces Math Skills

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Kids love to do hands-on projects. We can use that as an opportunity to reinforce a lot of important skills. This fun snowman project helps kids identify and describe shapes, practice counting and writing numbers, and hone their fine motor skills. Supplies needed -colored construction paper -scissors -glue -hole punch -felt (optional) -craft items for the buttons and eyes (pom poms, round jewels, round stickers, etc) -traceable circular objects Directions 1. Using the size of the construction paper “canvas” as…

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Paper Chain Math

Paper Chain Math

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Not only are paper chains fun to make but there’s a lot of great math in them, too! And the best part is, making them is super easy. All you need is colored construction paper cut into one inch strips, clear tape, and a pen. PreK-K Activities Patterning: Math is made up of patterns which are often introduced in the early years through repeating patterns activities. To create a simple repeating pattern in your paper chain, choose two colors to…

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Family Math Night Activity: Building a Honeycomb

Family Math Night Activity: Building a Honeycomb

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I’ve been wanting to try out an idea I had for our Family Math Night events and, since we were trying out our newest kit, Gellin’ with Geometry, it was the perfect opportunity. My idea was to have a project that all the participants contributed to so that at the end of the event, we would have one big something to share.  In keeping with the geometry theme, I decided to include a station where participants could made one honeycomb…

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Family Math Night ‘What do you notice’ Posters

Family Math Night ‘What do you notice’ Posters

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I love the idea of having at least one What do you notice? posters at our Family Math Night events.   I started it last year when I did an event at an IB school and the two teachers I was working with wanted to tie in some of the IB inquiry philosophy.  It was really fun to watch the kids standing in front of the posters trying to ‘notice’ things.  Besides, they got an extra Estimation Jar slip for…

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Pom Pom Patterns

Pom Pom Patterns

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Mathematics has been described as the science of pattern.  That’s because pattern is the foundation of all work done in math and is the thread that binds all parts of mathematics together. Through recognizing, describing, extending, and generalizing patterns in quantities, numbers, shapes, and space, we learn that there is a sense of order and predictability to math. We come to realize that the rules and procedures that we are so used to using actually evolved as efficient ways to…

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