Patterns with Paper beads - PreKinder activity

What You Need:

• several colors of construction paper
• a pencil or knitting needle
• glue
• scissors
• yarn
• masking tape

What You Do:

1. Cut the paper into strips (5 inches long and ½ inch wide). Roll each strip of paper around a pencil or knitting needle. Once you’ve formed the shape, slide the paper out and put a drop of glue on the end to hold the paper in place. Press firmly until the glue dries. Repeat using at least two colors.
2. Once the beads are dry, they’re ready to use. Cut a piece of yarn into the appropriate length for your child’s necklace or bracelet, wrap a piece of masking tape around one end to make stringing easier, knot the other end, and set them to work!

Teach your child to string a simple sequence of A-B-A-B. Make sure to say the pattern aloud to help her make the connection between what’s on her piece of yarn, and what she hears. You can say, “This is an A-B-A-B pattern” or “This is a red-yellow-red-yellow pattern”.

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4th Grade - Addition game with a deck of cards!

It's a race to see who can hit the target first by working math problems faster than their opponent.

What You Need:

• A deck of playing cards

What You Do:

1. Remove the 12 face cards from the deck and set them aside.
2. Shuffle the rest of the deck and deal four cards face down to each player. Turn the next card face up in the center of the table. This is the target number.
3. At the count of three, all players turn their cards over at the same time. Then they add, subtract, multiply, or divide the numbers on their cards (Aces = 1) and try to equal the target number. All four cards must be used!
4. The first player to equal the target number wins a point, and 3 points wins the game.
5. If no one can equal the target number, turn over another card for a new target number, or deal again.

Here's the winning strategy: keep rearranging your cards until you see the right combination. Also, try to group a pair of cards together.

Another variation would be to put in some of the face cards. They could be wild cards and used in your hand as any number. If the four-card game is too easy, deal five cards to each player.

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Prime Numbers - Fun activity for 5th Graders!

What You Need:

·         Colour felt-tip pens

·         A hundreds chart

Review: A prime number is a whole number greater than zero that has exactly two different factors, one and itself. For example, the number 3 is a prime number because its only factors are 1 and 3. In contrast, a composite number is a whole number greater than zero that has more than two different factors. The number 6 is a composite number because its factors are 1, 6, 2, and 3.

It’s important to note that the number 1 is neither prime nor composite. It is not prime because it does not have exactly two different factors. And it is not composite because it does not have more than two factors. 1 is a special number.

What You Do:

1.     Cut or fold the hundreds chart in half if you only want to focus on the prime numbers through 50.

2.    Take a moment to review what makes a prime number. Then let the game begin!

3.    To play, tell your child that you will be competing to cross out all the composite (non-prime) numbers, and circle all the prime numbers. Designate one colour marker for the prime numbers, and another to cross out composite numbers.

4.    Each player will take turns crossing out a composite number (1 point), circling a prime number (3 points), or “passing.” The game will get easier as more number are crossed and circled, but the bigger numbers may present more of a challenge to your child. You may need to take your child through the definition of prime numbers a few times as you look at different numbers.

5.    The player with the most points at the end wins!

After you have played the game, check your answers. The prime numbers through 50 revealed from this activity are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, and 47.

Subtraction in 2nd Grade! Fun game!

Careful subtraction is an important skill. Flash cards can get repetitive and your child may lose interest in practicing. Try this fun game for an exciting change! Roll the dice and hope for big numbers! Players begin with 99 points. On each turn, they'll subtract the total they roll on the dice. The first player to reach or pass zero wins! Subtracting has never been so fun, and the competitive spirit of this game will keep your child engaged and ready to learn.

What You Need:

• 2 dice
• Paper and pencil for each player for keeping score

Egg Carton Colour Sorter - PK activity!

Identifying colours is a necessary skill that people use everyday—for choosing which clothes to wear, reading signs, following traffic signals, and describing the surrounding world. Introduce your child to this bright new world of colours using ordinary household objects such as buttons, beads, and marbles. She can group these objects into different sections and learn to recognize their written names using a homemade egg carton sorter. This activity provides an interactive, colourful way for your preschooler to practice colour recognition!

What You Need:

• Paper egg carton (half-dozen or full dozen)
• Paint or markers in 6-12 different colours
• Writing pen
• Small, brightly-colored trinkets such as buttons, beads, or glass stones

What to Do:

1. Help your child paint the lid of the egg carton with white paint or cover it with plain paper.
2. Have your child make a small spot of each color on the egg carton lid. Write the name of the colour above it with a pen.
3. On the inside of the carton, use paint or markers to designate a colour for each as well.
4. Ask your child to sort the trinkets according to colour, placing each one in the appropriate well. Start a conversation about the different colours with your child as you sort, asking her to name the colour or point to it as she sorts each trinket. Show her the word on the lid that corresponds with each colour.

To store the activity for later use, simply close the carton lid with the trinkets inside. The contents will be kept sound and ready for the next colour sorting exercise!

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Oatmeal Pancakes - Let´s practise fractions!

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math. Cooking is especially good for helping kids practise fractions on the fly.
This Oatmeal Pancakes recipe is not only easy for young kids to make, but it's also easy for them to cut in half, or to double-- a great way for them to practice the early fractions they have learnt.

What You Need:

• 1/2 cup quick oats
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk + 1 tablespoon lemon juice: allow to sit for 5 minutes
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teasoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg

What You Do:

1. Combine all ingredients and mix together until the batter is smooth.
2. Spray the griddle or frying pan with cooking spray. For each pancake, pour 1/4 cup of batter onto the hot pan and cook the pancakes until they start to bubble and the edges are cooked. Flip and cook the other side.
3. Serve with warm maple syrup, yogurt and fresh fruit, or however your family likes them! This recipe makes about 10 pancakes.

 

 

 

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Number recognition for the little ones!

Send your child on a number hunt! In this simple activity, she'll search for numbers hidden throughout the house (or classroom!) Scavenger hunts spell big fun for young kids, but in the midst of all the excitement, kids learn to recognise number names, recognise numbers by sight, and develop ordering and grouping skills.

What You Need:

• Cards, books, or pictures that show numbers or number names big enough to be easily recognized by children. (If you don't have any handy, you can draw numbers on brightly coloured handmade number cards made of construction paper.)

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