Joey from Made by Joey is with us today to share lots of inviting ways to engage our young mathematicians in meaningful and educational activities… I just love it when art and learning go hand in hand! We have several of Ed Emberley’s drawing books, so when I saw the books “Picture Pie” and “Picture Pie 2“, I thought-what a great way of introducing all kinds of learning! Being a paper saver, I also love…
Joey from Made by Joey is sharing an inspirational post on coin collecting with children today. Children are natural collectors and coin collecting sounds like a fun way to spend time together as a family and playfully practice math skills to boot! I describe our family as “recreational coin collectors“, meaning that we only collect coins that are in circulation in Canada. This means that we do not purchase complete sets, shop in coin shops…
Rebecca from ThirteenRedShoes is with us today and is sharing a wonderful project she recently discovered, which is great for hand-eye coordination and for inspiring the young builders in our lives. Last year, I ran across this pin on Pinterest. It led to the most adorable idea by Kids Activities Blog, to create your own puzzles using Duplo blocks and photography! There are so many amazing ideas on blogs today. I pin so many of them,…
Joey from madebyjoey is with us today to share a fun way for children to master the multiplication facts. My girls love making these fortune tellers and I am sure that your children will too! Practicing multiplication often seems repetitive to children, but it is beneficial to have these math facts mastered before entering the intermediate grades. Paper fortune tellers have been around since the 1950′s and have been adapted in many ways for many…
Today Randi from Swoon is with us to share an inspiring math activity that not only develops geometry skills and spatial intelligence, but nurtures creativity and a strong sense of design. If you’re anything like me, you’re always looking for rainy day activities to do with your children. I love it when we can find new things to do with what we already have around the house (especially if it really is raining outside!). All…
As parents, we are always confronted with the same dilemma the day after Halloween—What to do with the abundance of candy that our children collected the night before? One way for children to relish in the sheer quantity of candy that is in their possession, without eating it, is to engage them with some Halloween candy math challenges. One of the first things that the girls like to do when they come home from trick-or-treating…
