Last night I held my first Family Math Night event. It was fabulous. I had 31 student Station Facilitators – the most ever. And every one of them did an amazing job. Here’s a photo of them right before we opened the doors. Can you find the principal in there? But what I really want to share with you are my upcoming What Do You Notice? posters. You get to see them before anyone else. Except for the first one…
Our Nifty Numbers Family Math Night kit is filled with fun, hands-on activities that get kids – and parents! – thinking about numbers.
Parents are always looking for simple ways to help their child academically at home. So I created two new handouts for you to share with your parent community – one for preK-2 and the other for 2-5. Although I designed them to be passed out during a Family Math Night event, they work well at Back-to-School Night, as well. My focus while writing the handouts was on low-stress, high-value activities that parents can do with their kids at home to…
Here are the sign in sheets for my Nifty Numbers Family Math Night event. It only seemed right that they be numbers! And here are my awesome 8th grade helpers who made the numbers!
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…