MATH TOGETHER!
Math helps us in many ways everyday! Listed below are some math activities and games to help your child learn and/or reinforce first grade math skills. Please remember that these activities are meant to be fun!
- Top It: (This game is for 2 players) Use a full deck of cards. Remove and set aside all of the "face" cards. Deal out the remaining cards equally to the two players, keeping the cards face down in a pile. To play, each player turns over the top card on their pile. The person with the highest number keeps both cards. Play continues until one person is out of cards.
- Practice counting: By 2's, 5's and 10's while doing an activity such as jumping rope or throwing a ball.
- Telling Time: Have your child wear his/her watch and make them the "official time keeper." Make sure the watch had a "face" with numbers that are easy to read. Arrange for your child to time various activities. Focus on time to the hour, the half hour, and what a second, minute, hour, etc. are.
- Dice Fun: (This game is for 2 players) Begin by having player 1 roll two dice. Write down the two numbers that the dice could create. Example: If you roll a 6 and a 3, you would write down 63, and 36. Player 2 then circles the number that is "greater." Player 2 then rolls both dice to make/record two new two digit numbers. Player 1 then circles the number that is "greatest."
- Cooking Up A Storm: When baking with your child, have your child help measure the ingredients listed on the recipe. Use words ike teaspoon, tablespoon, 1/2 cup, full cup etc.
- Number Stories: Make up simple addition and subtraction number stories. Use toys, candy, fruit snacks etc. to help figure out the number stories. Have your child write down a number sentence to correlate with the story problem. Example: 10 cats were playing with a ball of string, 4 more cats came to play. How many cats were playing with the ball of string? Answer: 14 cats.
- Addition Dice: Have your child roll 2 dice. Then record an addition problem to go with the 2 numbers he/she rolled. For example, if a 2 and 4 are rolled. Your child would write 2+4=6
- Take a Survey: Have your child survey and record answers on a graph. For example, your child could ask each family member if they would like pepperoni or sausage pizza for supper and then record the results by drawing a graph.