Mathematics all Summer!

We suggest doing some of the following activities to maintain your child’s mathematical computations skills:

☻Play math bingo. Check out this summer math bingo board. Download and print to see how many Bingos your child can get this summer. They can also bring the bingo boards back in the fall to go into a drawing for a new bike. The Masons have again donated two bikes for us to give away in the fall! Read below about how to get into the drawing!

☻Highlight the math in everyday activities. Math is all around us and used everyday. Have your child help halving or doubling a recipe, calculate change or discounts, discuss a baseball player’s stats, weigh produce at the grocery store, divide food among family members, etc.

☻Read short math stories together. When selecting a bedtime story, choose a math-focused story. Children can engage in the math discussion as part of the story.

☻Play math games. Math board games are great way to practice skills while having fun. This summer have fun playing hopscotch math, beach ball math fact toss, fishing for facts, baseball math, and water balloons. Many math games can be with a deck of cards or a pair of dice.

☻Find small ways to practice math at home. We also challenge your child to complete our summer calendar. These small 5 minute a day activities will really pay off in September. Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4. You will need the grade level timings: Grade 1 addition & subtraction, Grade 2 addition & subtraction, Grade 3 and 4 multiplication & division.

Math ways to Enter:

Bikes for Books is a statewide program sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Maine and the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation. It is intended to foster literacy programs in local schools and encourage healthy exercise.

During 2021, Ocean Lodge No. 142 is working with Wells Elementary School and will donate two bikes for our summer program. This is our fifth year working with the Masons!

Here is how you can enter for MATH! In the fall, you will need to turn in ONE of the following;

1) Get Blackout on the Book Bingo board found above under Tips to Keep Kids Reading All Summer long. That is 25 days over the entire summer! Get Blackout on the Math Bingo board found under mathematics all summer.

2) Complete the calendar for your grade level for reading/math found on the Mathematics Summer Success page. You must complete 25 out of the 50 days on the calendars.

3.) If you attend Summer Academy, Extended School Year, or any sort of tutoring, have you instructor sign off on the hours you spend there and bring that in to go into the drawing.