The Nifty Numbers™ theme is filled with fun and engaging activities that get kids to think about and make sense of numbers. There’s nothing like seeing and hearing families get excited about math during a fmily math night event! (Designed for Grades K-5) .
This is a super fun activity I did in first grade. I glued a magnet on to a plastic fly my kids had in their insect collection. Then I read the story The Fly on the Ceiling to a group of first graders. I used my plastic fly to plot the points on the grid as I read the story. But the best part was when I had students create points for each other to plot. They absolutely LOVED that!
We’re GIVING AWAY a Nifty Numbers kit. Yup. A freebie. There are two ways to enter the raffle. One is to simply ‘like’ our Family Math Night facebook PAGE. Easy peasy. The ‘like’ button is at the top. Just make sure you leave a comment that you want to be entered into the raffle. That way, we can fill out your ticket and drop it in the jar. The second way to enter is to attend the PTO Expo in Pleasanton, CA…
Here’s a fun, super easy way to get students to find the factors of a given number. All you need is inch graph paper and stickers. If you like, you can have students create all the rectangular arrays for a given number using tiles then transfer the arrays onto the graph paper using the stickers. CCSS: 4.OA.4
Here’s a super fun, super easy way to address one of the Grade 2 content standards: Work with equal groups to understand multiplication. This can also be done with stickers! CCSS: 2.OA.4 (although not done using rectangular arrays)