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STEAM Family Math Night Collaborative Projects: Soccer Ball

STEAM Family Math Night Collaborative Projects: Soccer Ball

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Get kids excited about science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) with this fun hands-on collaborative project. Typically done during a Family Math Night event, this project can also be done in the classroom. The best part is, each person is individually represented in the final product! Students will learn what makes a soccer ball through an introduction to 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional geometry. The lesson plan includes the mathematical background and useful vocabulary along with a link to the video…

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Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

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Here’s my latest What Do You Notice? poster from a recent Family Math Night event.  The nice thing about these posters is that they’re open-ended which allows for anyone to respond.  For this one, I decided to make a venn diagram.  But I didn’t draw the usual circles.  Instead I drew two hexagons.  This created the rhombus (parallelogram) in the center. The categories I used for the numbers were even numbers and multiples of 5.  That said, anything appropriate would have…

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Math Tricks

Math Tricks

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I hired my youngest son, Ryan, for the summer. When your kids get older they don’t hang out with you as much so we have to find ways to keep them around. I find money works. :-)But hiring him was really a win/win. He needed a job and I needed help. So he’s been keeping track of the hours he’s worked and every couple of weeks we square things up. Yesterday he reminded me that I owe him $100 for…

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Subitizing: Developing Number Sense in K-2

Subitizing: Developing Number Sense in K-2

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I recently had a conversation with a friend about different ways to get her second graders to learn their addition and subtraction facts.  She was looking for alternatives to flashcards.  So I shared with her something I do with K-2 students called subitizing.  Subitizing is being able to quickly recognize the number of objects in a small set without needing to count any of the objects.  Think about rolling a die.  When that die settles, a quick glance tells you…

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Play-N-Take Family Math Night Kit

Play-N-Take Family Math Night Kit

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Send your families home with games they can play over and over!  Our Play-N-Take kit is filled with fun games that reinforce important mathematical skills through fun and engaging games. The games also come individually packaged saving you time and energy. .