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Power Packs: Developing Number Sense

Power Packs: Developing Number Sense

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I’m excited to share with you the newest member of our Family Math Night product line:  Power Packs: Building Numbers Sense in grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-5.  These Power Packs are filled with games that teach parents strategies and tools to help their children build strong math skills.  They can be used during your Family Math Night event, as take-home math packs in the classroom, and as classroom math centers. Why Power Packs?  There have been a lot of changes in mathematics curriculum…

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New Family Math Night Collaborative Projects: Fish Bowl and Fraction Quilt

New Family Math Night Collaborative Projects: Fish Bowl and Fraction Quilt

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In addition to using the 8 stations in our Family Math Night kits, I usually include a ninth station where I set up a Collaborative Project.  I did the soccer ball project at my first event this year but then created two brand new ones that I’m excited to share with you:  Fraction Quilt and Fish Bowl. In Fraction Quilt, participants cut different colored squares into triangles and use those triangles to design their quilt square. Some of the math they’ll discover along the…

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Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Posters

Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Posters

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Last night I held my first Family Math Night event.  It was fabulous.  I had 31 student Station Facilitators – the most ever.  And every one of them did an amazing job.  Here’s a photo of them right before we opened the doors.  Can you find the principal in there? But what I really want to share with you are my upcoming What Do You Notice? posters.  You get to see them before anyone else.  Except for the first one…

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Fun Math Lessons and Projects: Equation Cards and STEAM Bundle

Fun Math Lessons and Projects: Equation Cards and STEAM Bundle

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Kids love hands-on activities. They also love working together. So as often as I can, I try to combine the two when creating new lessons that weave in solid math concepts. That’s the idea behind my K-2 and 3- 5 Equation Cards. The Common Core Standards in Mathematics has a heavy emphasis in the elementary grades on the concept of equality in equations. As we know, too many kids think the equal sign means and the answer is… So I…

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Family Math Night Scavenger Hunt

Family Math Night Scavenger Hunt

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A couple of years ago I created a Scavenger Hunt for families to do during a Family Math Night event.  As participants entered the room, they were handed one of two “game boards” …the K-2 version or the 3-5 version.  Kids and parents worked together finding the items.  But it occurred to me recently that it would be a fun beginning-of-the-school-year activity.  So I thought I’d share it with you as we begin this new year. The K-2 version is…

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