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Family Math Night ‘What Do You Notice?’ Poster

Family Math Night ‘What Do You Notice?’ Poster

As I was thinking about my ‘What Do You Notice?’ poster for my Nifty Numbers Family Math Night event last night, it seemed natural to tie it in with numbers. So here’s the poster I created. As with all my ‘What Do You Notice’ posters, they can be “answered” on a variety of levels. This one can go all the way to algebraic equations. And that’s what makes them so much fun. Everyone can do them! What I loved about…

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Family Math Night Estimation Jar Slips

Family Math Night Estimation Jar Slips

We spend more time estimating with numbers than actually crunching them. Estimation Jars are great ways to help kids learn to make reasonable estimates. And to help, check out our NEW Estimation Jar Slips! Copy/paste this link to get the pdf. And feel free to share with others! http://www.familymathnight.com/pdf/EstimationJarSlips.pdf

Family Math Night Activity: Building a Honeycomb

Family Math Night Activity: Building a Honeycomb

I’ve been wanting to try out an idea I had for our Family Math Night events and, since we were trying out our newest kit, Gellin’ with Geometry, it was the perfect opportunity. My idea was to have a project that all the participants contributed to so that at the end of the event, we would have one big something to share.  In keeping with the geometry theme, I decided to include a station where participants could made one honeycomb…

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Family Math Night Raffle Table

Family Math Night Raffle Table

Who wouldn’t want to win one of these awesome items!  Here is the raffle basket we had at our last Family Math Night event.  It’s filled with fun math-y things. As families signed in, kids wrote their name and class on a raffle ticket and put it in the jar (see photo below).  Kids who wrote an answer for our What Do You Notice? poster got to put another ticket in the jar. Several times throughout the evening names from…

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