At Home Activities
For the Love of Money - In our world of debit cards and credit cards, there are many of us who rarely carry cash or use it with any kind of regularity. As a result, our students are not always exposed to the extent that we were when were children.
Use Banagrams or Scrabble tiles to help your child make words! Click here for a few ideas. Boggle is another great word games for families to play together.
Reading With Your Child - There is really nothing better than reading with and to your child. Click here for some titles that link Math into the story line as well as other activities.
Ten Frames & Dot Cards - These can be used to develop students' ability to "instantly see how many" also known as subitizing skills. The skill plays a fundamental role in the development of students' understanding of numbers. Click here for some games you can play to develop these skills.
Monthly Calendars - An activity for each day of the month (minus weekends, of course)! Click here for October and click here for November.
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Websites & Apps
Learning to “make 5” and “make 10” is a foundational skill in building students’ number sense. Click here for ways to use this app or website.
Dexteria Dots - Get in Touch with Math is a fun way to help children build skills by combining or separating dots for certain values.
Google Earth is a free download for your computer or mobile device. Children can literally fly all over the world. Click here for some ideas.
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Explore The Learning In Your Backyard
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Projects, Problems & Challenges
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Bird Watching 101 - One great way to develop and strengthen observation skills is dedicating time and setting a purpose. Bird watching is free and can be done right in your backyard. Click here to get ideas from Birding with Children!
Did You Know?
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Make a trip to the grocery store more enjoyable by putting your child to work! Click here for a Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt.
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