tc. in your room.
· Estimate and then count the number of doors (windows) in your house.
· Roll a die and count the number of dots. Count out that many Legos and make a stack. Then the next player goes. Who has the tallest tower?
Addition and Subtraction
· Make your own flash cards to practice adding and subtracting to 10, 12, 15, 18. Draw pictures to model the addition/subtraction fact.
· Using a deck of playing cards, pull two cards at a time and add or subtract them. Let the face cards be 10 and Aces be 1.
· Roll two dice. Use the numbers shown to practice adding and subtracting.
· Use grids to make rods (a strip of 10 cubes) and cubes (1 square). Practice making numbers from 1 to 99 using rods and cubes.
· Make a paper plate clock to practice telling time to the hour.
· Make a log at home of your schedule for the day. What time do you eat breakfast? Get dressed? Watch cartoons? Go outside to play? Go to bed? etc.
· Use a piggy bank or cup of change to practice naming coins and their value.
· Put money in a sock. Pull out one coin at a time. If you can say the name of the coin and the amount, then you get to keep it.
· Make a store by collecting and pricing different items. Then use your money to buy items from the store. What coins did you use?
· Use a handful of coins and cards with 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, penny, nickel, dime, and quarter written on them. Sort your group of coins by type of coin. Label each group with the correct number and name. Scoop up 5 coins and count them.
· Count the change in Mom’s purse or Dad’s pocket on Mondays.
· Keep a growth chart. Measure and record your height every two weeks. How tall were you at the beginning of the summer? The end of the summer? How much did you grow?
· Go to the grocery store and help weigh the fruits and vegetables.
· Create story problems. Draw a picture and solve it. (Mom bought 5 apples. Joey ate 2. How many apples are left?
· Chutes and Ladders
· Crazy 8’s
· Hi Ho Cheerios
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Click on “Teacher Resource Center”
Click on “Roles & Responsibilities”
Click on “Parent Connections”
Click on “Ten Ways to Help Your Child Learn…”
Click on “MATH”
· Summer Bridges – available at the School Box
· Dot-to-Dot books
· Math workbooks from Walmart, Target, Sam’s Club, etc.
Revised 2007 by the Mathematics Department @ Douglas County School System
These activities are designed to help students strengthen their mathematics skills during the summer months. Each child is encouraged to explore and have fun doing mathematics.