Activities for Home

• Roll single digit numbers and add them together.

• Roll 2-digit or 3-digit numbers and add them together.

• Add all the digits of your house number together.

• Make a train with Legos or colored blocks. Write a number sentence for the different colors in the train.

• Add the price of two items at a store.

• Compare gas prices to find the lowest amount.

• Start with 20 counters (beans, pennies, etc.) and roll two dice to make a 2-digit number. Subtract counters until you get to 0.

• Give your student an addition or subtraction number sentence and ask them to make up a story problem to go with the number sentence.

• Make a physical array with counters and record on paper using symbols.

Activities for Home

• Roll single digit numbers and add them together.

• Roll 2-digit or 3-digit numbers and add them together.

• Add all the digits of your house number together.

• Make a train with Legos or colored blocks. Write a number sentence for the different colors in the train.

• Add the price of two items at a store.

• Compare gas prices to find the lowest amount.

• Start with 20 counters (beans, pennies, etc.) and roll two dice to make a 2-digit number. Subtract counters until you get to 0.

• Give your student an addition or subtraction number sentence and ask them to make up a story problem to go with the number sentence.

• Make a physical array with counters and record on paper using symbols.

Activities for Home

• Measure the length of various items around the house using different objects (crayons, pennies, etc.).

• Keep track of your child's growth each month by measuring his/her height using standard and non-standard units of measurement.

• Talk with your child about specific times that activities occur- eating breakfast, going to school, dinner time, bed time, etc.

• Talk about graphs in newspapers and magazines.

• Take a family survey and make a graph based on the data.

• Use toothpicks or Popsicle sticks to show tally marks.

• Create a bar graph based on the amount of time your child reads, plays outside, or watches television.

• Create a pictograph to show the number of hours of sleep or exercise your family gets each day.

Activities for Home

• Count objects such as jellybeans in a bowl, pennies in a jar, cheerios in a baggie, etc.

• Find numbers in newspapers, magazines, or on items around the house.

• Practice counting with your student while doing various activities-driving in the car, jumping rope, waiting in line at a store, etc.

• Divide a deck of cards evenly between players. Each player flips over a card, the player with the highest card wins the cards. Continue until one player has all cards in the deck.

• Put different items into groups and talk about which group has more or less items using the terms greater than and less than.

• Roll dice and create numbers. Say what is 10 more or 10 less than that number.

Activities for Home

• Go on a shape hunt outside, ask your student to name the shapes of doors, windows, bicycle wheels, etc.

• Ask your student to identify the shapes of various road signs while traveling in the car.

• Talk with your student about the various shapes of items packaged in the grocery store.

• Build with blocks. Discuss what shapes were used to create the structure.

Activities for Home

• Count objects such as jellybeans in a bowl, pennies in a jar, cheerios in a baggie, etc.

• Find numbers in newspapers, magazines, or on items around the house.

• Practice counting with your student while doing various activities-driving in the car, jumping rope, waiting in line at a store, etc.

• Divide a deck of cards evenly between players. Each player flips over a card, the player with the highest card wins the cards. Continue until one player has all cards in the deck.

• Put different items into groups and talk about which group has more or less items using the terms greater than and less than.

• Roll dice and create numbers. Say what is 10 more or 10 less than that number.