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
Halloween candy seems like an unusual place to find math. But, it turns out, there are some great skill-building activities that can be done with these yummy treats….all in the context of something kids love – candy! Here are four fun and educational post-trick-or-treating activities: ~ CANDY SORT ~ Have your child place all their candy in a pile. Ask her to sort the candy into groups. As she is sorting, ask her why she chose the groups she did….
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…
Last year I posted a What Do You Notice? thinking question at one of our Family Math Night events. It was such a great activity that I decided to do it again. It’s amazing the thinking that comes out of students when open-ended, no-answer-is-wrong questions are posed. Here’s the one I used at last night’s event:
Last night was our annual Family Math Night at Alamo Elementary School in Vacaville, CA. I used activities for our upcoming Gellin’ with Geometry kit. When I entered the room, Suzy, the awesome mom who helps get everything organized for me before I arrive, had set up the sign in table using this year’s theme of geometry. How cute are these geometric sign-in sheets?! Suzy, you’re amazing!