On Mondays I'm going to start posting some of our math activities from the previous week.
(This is mostly for my own record-keeping, but maybe some of you will enjoy seeing these posts as well.)
Last week he counted money with Math-Whizz:
We played Piggy Bank.
The players put money in the bank, but they can only do this in 5-cent increments.
The winner is the person who saves the most money.
(This is one of many games suggested in the book Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic.
I purchased this and other card games years ago from Vasha Rosenblum.
They can still be purchased online.)
He filled in a money graph to practice identifying coins (heads & tails).
He really enjoyed this activity and was excited for the "winners"--nickel heads filled a column first.
I made this game about 15 years ago, so unfortunately I don't have a link:
More practice on Math-Whizz:
He wrote numerals and counted to 100 by filling in a hundred chart.
Afterward, we practiced finding different numbers on the chart.
If you're new to this blog, you may also want to see a post I made earlier this month: Our New Math Plan.
(This post is linked at Joyful Learner: Math Links and Childhood 101: We Play.)
I like the gentleness and variety....any thoughts to adding a linky to your Math Mondays? No pressure :)
ReplyDeleteI like your 100 chart - I could do this with one of my older girls (she still reverses some of her numbers) - thanks for the good ideas :-)
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What a wonderful set of activities! I'm so glad I found your blog. Thanks for linking with us and looking forward to future posts!
ReplyDeleteVisiting from Math Links - thank you for sharing your resources. I have to say that Math Whiz does seem pretty expensive at $20 per month, but whatever works :)
ReplyDeleteMy kids are a bit little just yet, but I like the look of the piggy-bank game.
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Thanks for the great links. My son was actually sitting next to me during one of the videos and wanted me to let him play.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see your playful ideas for learning about money, which is so important to everyday living and yet often the concepts can be so difficult for children to grasp.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining We Play this week :)