{"id":4209,"date":"2016-11-16T14:23:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T22:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2016-11-16T14:29:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T22:29:28","slug":"4209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=4209","title":{"rendered":"Power Packs: Developing Number Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m excited to share with you the newest member of our Family Math Night product line:\u00a0\u00a0Power Packs: Building Numbers Sense<\/a>\u00a0in grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-5. \u00a0These Power Packs are filled with games that teach parents strategies and tools to help their children build strong math skills. \u00a0They can be used during your Family Math Night<\/a>\u00a0event, as take-home math packs in the classroom, and as classroom math centers.<\/p>\n

Why Power Packs? \u00a0There have been a lot of changes in mathematics curriculum and pedagogy in recent years and a lot of parents don’t feel as prepared as they’d like to be when it comes to helping their child in math. \u00a0The power of these Power Packs comes in the integration of strategies and tools that parents use as they play the games with their children. \u00a0While playing the games, not only are parents learning about the new standards, they’re also gaining strategies they can use to help their child in math. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n

Strategies and tools at the Beginning Level (K-1) include: \u00a0subitizing, counting strip, counting on, 10- and 20-frames, number lines, making tens, number bonds, doubles +\/- 1, 0-120 number grid and more.<\/p>\n

Strategies and tools at the Intermediate Level (2-3) include: \u00a0number bonds, rounding, 20-frame, making tens and multiples of 10, splitting numbers, partial sums, partial differences, compensation, 0-120 number grid, number lines, array and area model of multiplication, equal groups and more.<\/p>\n

Strategies and tools at the Advanced level (4-5) include: rounding, order of operations, distributive property of multiplication, partial products, partial quotients, fraction bars, number lines, decimal number chart, standard algorithms, multiples of 10, area model of division and more.<\/p>\n

You can see these Power Packs pack a powerful punch! \u00a0Here are a few comments we received while families were giving the packs a go:<\/p>\n

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