Summer time math!!

Classroom teachers always encourage their students to keep up their reading over the summer but it is also important for children to keep up their math skills as well. The good thing is that there are so many ways to do this, and it doesn't involve sitting down with a textbook or worksheets. The following are some ideas and activities that you can try. There is really no right or wrong way for any of these activities. The key is to have fun and just keeping thinking about and working with numbers!

Grocery store math - with all those prices and numbers the opportunities are endless. Kids love looking through the fliers! Great way to practice addition, subtraction, decimals and rounding numbers. 

Road trip math - Turn road trips into math lessons. Calculate distances between cities. A good way to practice elapsed time.

Turn children's collections into math lessons - What does 100 look like? Group objects into tens.

Outdoor scavenger hunt - Sort and count items found.

Cook up a math game - How many carrots would you need if you double the recipe?

If there are five people in a family and 35 strawberries to divide equally, how many strawberries will each person get for dessert?

Use take out menus  - What is least/most expensive item on menu? Find all the items that cost between $5 and $10.

2,4,6,8, now it's time to estimate - Estimation is one way to increase number sense. Estimate how many shirts will fit in a drawer or how many games will fit on a shelf? Ask if their answer is reasonable?

Money/coin trade - Give child an assortment of coins. Put a piece of fruit on table and tell child it costs .45 cents. Have them fin 5 coin combinations that equal .45 cents.

Fraction sundaes - Introduce benchmark fractions and have them make a sundae that is 1/2 vanilla and 1/2 chocolate. Or 1/3 vanilla, 1/3 strawberry and 1/3 chocolate.

The following are some Apps that you can check out as well:

Operation Math

Sushi Monster

Quick Math - Arithmetic + Times Tables

Pet Bingo by Duck Duck Moose

Meerkat Math

Math Flash Cards

10Monkeys Multiplication

Math Monsters

Math vs. Zombies

YodelOh Math Mountain

Have a wonderful fun-filled and relaxing summer!!