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Library Loan | weemathplay
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. December 28, 2013. When you or your child collect books from the library or your bookshelf, use the books to play with counting, area, and/or ordinal values. Beginning: Ask your child to go get 3 books, and bring them to you to read. Developing: Ask your child to then put the books in the order s/he wants them read. Use terms such as first, second and third. Enrichment: Ask your child to put the books in order of area, from largest to smallest.
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. Greater Less and Equal. March 18, 2014. Use terms such as ‘greater than’, ‘less than’ and ‘equal to’, and have your child identify a number that matches the parameters given. Beginning: For example, tell me a number that is less than 3. Developing: Another example, tell me a number greater than 4 and less than 10. Enrichment: A more complex example, tell me all the numbers greater than 2 and less than or equal to 9. March 17, 2014. March 16, 2014.
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The End | weemathplay
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. March 25, 2014. This is my 379th blog and this is the end. I hope you have enjoyed the activities with your family and inspired a passion for learning, problem solving, and math. I had set a goal of writing this blog for 1 year and it is time for my last ‘playful’ idea. This last idea is to introduce your child to the concept of infinity, the theoretical largest number at the end of the number line. Ask your child, What is the largest number?
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Number of the Day | weemathplay
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. Number of the Day. March 23, 2014. Choose a number to be the number of the day. Try to spot the number throughout the day. Each time someone spots the number, decide on a ‘price’ such as a kiss, a jellybean or whatever you choose. You can keep points and have a winner. Beginning: Look for a specific number throughout the day and point it out to your child. Developing: Challenge your child to see who can spot the number the most. On As Time Goes ...
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Weather Chart | weemathplay
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. March 22, 2014. Check the temperature every hour or two and plot the points on a chart. Beginning: Find the temperature throughout various times of the day. Developing: Make a graph with times along the horizontal axis and temperature along the vertical axis. Find the temperature and plot the points. Enrichment: Plot the points for two different places, such as Toronto and Miami, and compare. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Enter your e...
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. March 25, 2014. This is my 379th blog and this is the end. I hope you have enjoyed the activities with your family and inspired a passion for learning, problem solving, and math. I had set a goal of writing this blog for 1 year and it is time for my last ‘playful’ idea. This last idea is to introduce your child to the concept of infinity, the theoretical largest number at the end of the number line. Ask your child, What is the largest number?
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24 Hour Clock | weemathplay
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. March 19, 2014. Expose your child to a 24 hour clock also known as military time. Beginning: Count from 1 to 24. Developing: Explain how 1:00 pm is the same as 13:00, 2:00 pm is the same as 14:00, etc. Then ask your child tell how else you can say 5:00 pm or 8:00 pm. Enrichment: Have you and your child use military time for a day as you go about your regular routine. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window).
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Penny Probability | weemathplay
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. May 13, 2013. Let’s play with probability using a penny. What we want to consider is ‘What is the chance of getting heads? Beginning: Toss the coin and see if it lands heads or tails side up. Toss the coin 10 times and keep a tally. You may notice you get more of one than the other. However, discuss how each time the coin is tossed there is an equal chance of getting heads or tails (50%). Developing: Toss the coin 20 times and keep a tally.
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Wee ideas for helping parents teach math to young children. March 25, 2014. This is my 379th blog and this is the end. I hope you have enjoyed the activities with your family and inspired a passion for learning, problem solving, and math. I had set a goal of writing this blog for 1 year and it is time for my last ‘playful’ idea. This last idea is to introduce your child to the concept of infinity, the theoretical largest number at the end of the number line. Ask your child, What is the largest number?