Halloween candy seems like an unusual place to find math. But, it turns out, there are some great skill-building activities that can be done with these yummy treats….all in the context of something kids love – candy! Here are four fun and educational post-trick-or-treating activities: ~ CANDY SORT ~ Have your child place all their candy in a pile. Ask her to sort the candy into groups. As she is sorting, ask her why she chose the groups she did….
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 year I posted a What Do You Notice? thinking question at one of our Family Math Night events. It was such a great activity that I decided to do it again. It’s amazing the thinking that comes out of students when open-ended, no-answer-is-wrong questions are posed. Here’s the one I used at last night’s event:
Games are a great way to reinforce math skills because kids are getting practice within the context of something fun. And when kids get to be a part of making the game, well, it’s even more fun. Here’s an easy game to make with your child that will help develop skills such as: numeral recognition counting beginning addition facts concentration Materials Needed: 20 4 x 5 blank index cards or cardstock stickers and/or rubber stamps 10-frames (optional) Directions: Help your…
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…