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Fun and Simple Math Activities that Build Strong Number Sense in our Kids

Fun and Simple Math Activities that Build Strong Number Sense in our Kids

Kids who have strong number sense understand what numbers are, how they relate to each other, and the affects that different operations have on them.  These kids can easily compose and decompose numbers and are able to make reasonable estimates making computation much easier.  In other words, kids with strong number sense are comfortable with numbers. And when kids are comfortable with numbers, math becomes much easier.  The good news is, helping our children develop a strong sense of numbers…

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Teaching Kids Multiplication Facts, Factors, Primes, Composites

Teaching Kids Multiplication Facts, Factors, Primes, Composites

See how simple objects like tiles, stickers, rubber stamps, dice, and graph paper help teach students important concepts in number theory: factors, primes, composites, and square numbers…not to mention the great reinforcement of multiplication facts. Grades 2 – 5 To get the pdf version, click here. If you do any of these activities with your kids/students, let me know how it goes!

PTA Take Your Family to School Week Grant Money Available

PTA Take Your Family to School Week Grant Money Available

WooHoo!  Free Money! Okay, so technically there’s a little work involved.  But the kind of money we’re talking about here is definitely worth the effort. The PTAs Take Your Family to School Week is sponsored by the AXA Foundation and includes 45 $1000 grants.  One of them could be yours if you take action before October 28, 2011 by completing the short application. Of course, we’re going to want you to use that money to purchase our Nifty Numbers Family…

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Math Around Us

Math Around Us

If we take the time to notice our surroundings, I think we may be surprised at just how much math we have in our every day environment.  Take the photo to the left.  It’s something most kids are familiar with.  But do they know that it represents the multiplication problem 4 x 6.  If they count the number of rows (4) and then multiply by the number of columns (6), they can quickly discover how many total eggs there are….

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