Playing with Food In the Name of Math
I hope I am not the only parent with children who love sweets and love to play with their food. I’m pretty sure I’m not! My oldest is in kindergarten and is starting to learn addition and subtraction....
View ArticleSorry: Now a Math Game
When I worked as a tutor, I was always trying to come up with new ways to keep children learning even when they were playing games. One day I was trying to figure out how to make board games more...
View ArticleNumbers, counting, and place value with Cheerios
Sure. Kids can count. If they’ve memorized really well and “get” the pattern, they can count to a hundred! But do they know what all those numbers mean? When I realized that my son was easily reciting...
View ArticleFun with math
Everyone knows that learning is easier when you can make it a game. This is a fun and easy game to practice addition, subtraction and later multiplication and division. All you need are a few basic...
View ArticleGo Fish with a Math Twist
Each year my son’s school throws together a night to celebrate math and play games. We always come home with a new handful of games that we love to play and that encourage him to practice math. The...
View Article4 Fun Math Games for Children
If you mention “math” or “math game” in our house, you will usually hear shouts of joy and excitement. My children love math and I am always on the look out for games we can play to keep it exciting...
View ArticlePracticing Math During the Summer
Once summer break started in our house, this mom discovered we had an uninvited friend who wanted to be the center of attention ALL of the time. The television! I should have expected it, but I had...
View Article7 Fun Learning Activities For Halloween Candy
Candy, candy everywhere! If your house is like ours, your house started collecting Halloween candy before the official day even arrived. Take advantage of your child’s attention to their candy and...
View ArticleRoll to 100 Dice Game
Something I have learned from my children is that they love math, especially when it is in the form of a game. Our friend taught us this game and my kiddos had a blast. You know you have a good game...
View ArticleMath at Bedtime Calms the Brain
A few years ago I remember hearing about a father who did math problems before his kiddos went to bed instead of story time. My oldest was in kindergarten at the time and so I decided to give it a try...
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