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Dealin’ Digits Card Games – A Family Math Night Activity

Dealin’ Digits Card Games – A Family Math Night Activity

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I’m excited to share with you that we just released our latest family engagement product – Dealin’ Digits. Dealin’ Digits are fun and engaging card games that focus on reinforcing important number skills in the elementary grades. According to research by LeFevre et al*, children’s mathematical skills in Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade were shown to be correlated with the frequency in which they were involved in home activities such as cooking, and playing board and card games. The nice thing about card…

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Virtual Family Math Night – STEAM Edition

Virtual Family Math Night – STEAM Edition

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We did it again! I’m excited to share with you that we created another amazing virtual Family Math Night event. This latest one has a STEAM emphasis and, like our original event, is filled with lots of fun, virtual and hands-on activities. Includes three brand new stations: A Paper Airplane Station where families will be creating paper airplanes then measuring and collecting flight data for a school-wide graph. At the Coding Station, students will have fun “programming” their parent* to do silly things. Then at the Honeycomb Station they’ll be…

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Grid Dots: A Family Math Night ‘What Do You Notice?’ poster

Grid Dots: A Family Math Night ‘What Do You Notice?’ poster

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Grid Dots

Skills:
K-2: subitizing, counting, colors, shapes, pattern
3-5: counting, shapes, even, odd, addition, subtraction, multiplication

Subitizing, being able to quickly recognize the total amount without having to count each member of the group, is an important part of developing number sense. In the primary grades, students who subitize are able to count on from the subitized number. In upper elementary, students can use subitizing to break a larger group into smaller equal groups to find the total. In this 10 x 10 grid, I used colored sticky dots to create opportunities for students to subitize.

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Family Math Night Reminder Stickers

Family Math Night Reminder Stickers

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We updated the Reminder Stickers in our Nifty Numbers, Math Medley, and Gellin’ with Geometry Family Math Night kits. We even included text boxes so that you can customize them with your specific event. These are perfect to send home with the little ones to remind families of your event. Simply apply them to their shirt as they walk out the door at the end of the day. Easy peasy. And what’s really fun is to watch kids show up to the Family Math Night wearing their sticker!

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Family Math Night and ESEA – What the Research Says

Family Math Night and ESEA – What the Research Says

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Decades of research has clearly indicated that there is a strong relationship between family engagement and student academic success. According to Henderson and Mapp1, students whose parents are involved in their schooling, regardless of family income or background, are more likely to:

  • have higher grades and test scores
  • attend school regularly
  • have better social skills
  • show improved behavior
  • adapt well to school

Today’s schools know that educating our children requires a team effort and that building connections between families and schools is key to developing academic achievement for all children. One way to build these connections is through Family Math Night events. Hosting a Family Math Night can help build strong family-school partnerships, engage parents meaningfully, and contribute to achieving high standards.

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