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Kindergarten Use beads, colored 0 shaped cereal, or other such objects to have your child create patterns. Have your child thread the objects on a string (to make a necklace or bracelet) or lay out on the table. Talk about the pattern they have created. If they have red, yellow, blue, red, yellow, blue, etc. they have created an A, B, C, A, B, C pattern. If they have red, red, yellow, yellow, blue, blue, red, red, yellow, yellow, blue, blue they have made an AA, BB, CC, AA, BB, CC pattern. Make a pattern, such as A, B, C, A, B, and ask them to complete the pattern. Use the items they have created the pattern with and have them count those items. Get an index card or sheet of paper about that size and either use colored dots (need to be the same color) or make "dots" the size of the stick-on type to create cards which will help your child instantly recognize amounts. Place one dot on one card, two dots on the next card in a random placement, three dots on another card, and four on another card or sheet in random arrangements. You can also create some in "special" arrangements such as seen on dice. Show them the card very quickly then turn the card over. Ask them how many dots they saw. This will help them to recognize a collection at a glance and it supports counting.
1st Grade Look for shapes in your home, at the store, or on the road. Discuss what makes it that shape, i.e. a triangle has three sides. When you return from the store with eggs, turn them into "mathematical" eggs as you place them in the refrigerator! Begin by talking about what a dozen is. Then take one out and ask how many are left. Ask if there are more or less eggs now and if they added or subtracted the one egg. Continue to do so with one or two eggs at a time talking about it each time. Use the empty egg carton and beans, buttons, or other counting objects to create addition problems. Begin with two and add one. Double the amount by adding three and discuss it is doubles 3 + 3. Continue to add objects. Use the carton with objects in it and subtract and then add amounts to it. Ask if they are adding or subtracting objects. Ask how they know they are adding or subtracting. Have them say the number sentence: 8 – (minus) 5 = 3. Play a game of "Concentration". Shuffle cards and lay them down in a random arrangement. The object of the game is to collect pairs of cards with the same number. Each player takes a turn turning two cards up. If the cards match the player keeps the cards. If the cards do not match they are placed back with the others face down. The player with the most pairs of cards wins.
2nd Grade Practice addition facts by rolling two dice and adding the numbers. You can set a total, such as 50, and whoever reaches it first wins. See 1st grade directions for "Concentration". Have your child put 10 marbles or some similar objects into one bag. Then have your child figure out how many different ways there are to put the 10 marbles into two bags. Have them write their combinations and look for patterns, i.e. 1 + 9, 9 + 1, 2 + 8, etc. Try it with numbers 11-18. Play "My Magic Number". Tell your child your number for instance is an even number between 12 and 17 and is the sum of 7 + 7 (14) or your number is greater than 42 and less than 50 with a 7 in the ones place value (47). Continue to make up magic numbers and have your child make some of his/her own.
3rd Grade Use popcorn to solve multiplication problems by creating arrays. 3 X 7 would look like: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Use popcorn and bowls to make multiplication problems such as 4 bowls with 8 kernels in each bowl. Have your child write the multiplication sentence 4 X 8 = and solve. Have them create other problems. Practice addition facts by rolling two dice and adding the numbers. Progress to throwing three dice and adding them. You can set a total, such as 50, and whoever reaches it first wins. Play the "What's My Rule?" game. Tell your child to think of a rule for you to guess (and visa versa) such as "add four" or "multiply by two". Then give him/her a number and they use their rule to give the answer. Do this several times and then decide what your child's rule is. Example: Give your child the number 5, they answer 9. Give the number 11, they answer 15. The rule is add four. Or, give the number 3, they answer 6. Give the number 8, they answer 16. The rule is multiply by two. Create real life problems such as: If each person has two slices of bread how many slices will you need for 4 people? If one ant has six legs, how many legs do 4 ants have? Have them use numbers sentences, pictures, and/or items like toothpicks to represent the bread etc. Books: Gobble Up Math By: Sue Mogard and Ginny McDonnell 50 Simple Things you can do to Raise a Child who loves Math By: Kathy A. Zahler |