Math Together

Math Together      Math helps us in everyday activities like cooking, building a bird house, or going shopping. Here are some activities and games that will help promote math skills at home.  Remember that your child's math skills will improve with time.  Keep in mind that your child will work at a level of his interest and ability.    Number Hunt  Write down some numbers on scraps of paper and then place them in a hat or jar.  Invite your child to pick a number out of the hat.  Then, search around the house or in the yard to find things that are exactly that number.  For example, 6 light bulbs, 8 flowers, 12 dishes, etc.   Collection Counting  If you have a collection of something at home like CD's or buttons, have your child count the total number in your collection.   Top It   Take a deck of cards and remove all of the face cards.  Then, deal out half of the cards to each player.  To play, each player turns over the top card from his pile.  The person with the highest number keeps both cards.  Play continues until one person runs out of cards!   Cook up a storm!  When baking cookies or brownies together, ask your child to measure the ingredients before adding them to the mixture.   Practice counting by 2's, 5's, or 10's when jumping rope or throwing a ball.   Invite your child to wear a watch and be the official time keeper of the family.  Make sure the watch has a face with numbers that are easy to read.  Invite your child to time various activities using the second hand.   Create a daily schedule!  Encourage your child to illustrate the daily events and label each activity with a digital time.   Make up simple addition or subtraction number stories.  Use favorite toys, candy, or goldfish crackers as manipulatives. Encourage your child to record the corresponding number sentence on a piece of paper.   Dice Fun!  Player one rules two dice.  The player arranges the dice to form two different  two digit numbers and records them.  Player two circles the number that is greater.  Player two then rolls the dice to make new two digit numbers.  Add a third die when your student is confident forming and identifying three digit numbers!   Addition Dice!  Encourage your child to roll two dice.  Then, have your child write a number sentence and solve it.  For example, the dice rolled are 4 and 6.  Your child could write 4+6=10   Take a Survey!  Encourage your child to take a family survey and record the results.  For example, your child could ask each family member what they prefer for dinner, chicken or steak?  After collecting the information, encourage your child to create a graph.  A clipboard makes this activity even more fun!   Have you got some great math games that you play at home? Send them to me and I will add your ideas to our pages! Online Fun       Looking for some more ways to practice math skills at home?  Check out these websites!  Don't forget to stop by the Little Bee's Corner for online games to play! Superkids Create your very own math worksheets to print out at home! Customize them for the skills your child needs! Teaching Clock Print out your very own teaching clock! Makes learning how to tell time a little easier! Telling Time Worksheets Worksheets to print for telling time practice.   A+ Flashcard Creator This site will let you create math flash cards for a variety of number families.  You can also target your student's specific needs by creating an individualized set with your own problems   Visit our Math page to see the students in action learning!