Every Day Math

• Household activities and chores have built-in math opportunities.

• Have your child help set and clear the table. They can count, multiply, subtract and divide items based on their age.

• Folding and sorting laundry provides an opportunity to sort and categorize for young learners and to talk about geometry with older students.

• Menu and meal planning is a great time to talk about the cost of items and estimation.

• Cooking together is an opportunity to read, follow directions, and practice fractions. Have older children double or half a recipe and estimate how much they need to make to feed the family. Have younger children measure and estimate.

• When driving, on the bus, or on the train, talk about how far you are going, how much time it will take to get there, count things, skip count, or ask silly questions like “Would it take longer for us, a giraffe or a cheetah to get there?”

• Play card, dice, or board games.

• Create a scavenger hunt for various shapes.

• Use household objects to create math equations and puzzles.

• Work on a puzzle together.

• Use places like the grocery store to weigh, measure, compare prices, and more.

• Challenge each other by creating story problems and sharing how you would solve them.

• Tell math stories and include things your child is interested in.

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