My kids and I have come to love topology paper tricks such as Möbius strips, Möbius hearts, and turning two circles into a square. When I came across this impossible paper puzzle (sometimes known as the impossible paper trick) I knew the boys would love trying to figure out how it works. In case you don’t know, topology…
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Math Activities for Kids
My oldest son was an early math learner so we've spend lots of time at home playing math games and setting up math activities to supplement his school work. Along the way I've learned math doesn't have to be all about worksheets and memorization, it can be creative, too!
For a quick overview be sure to peruse 25 favorite creative math ideas for after school.
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Super Fun and Creative Pi Day Activities for Kids
Ever since I shared our pi skyline activity with the world, I have been flattered by how many teachers have done the art project as one of their pi day activities with their students! Pi day is March 14 because the first three digits of pi are 3.14. Art is such a good way to get…
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Mobius Strip Hearts: A Valentine for Math Nerds
How do you express love on valentine’s day in the most nerdy way possible? You make möbius strip hearts, of course. We previously entered the world of topology with Möbius strips and turning two circles into a square, so what better way to express our love of creative ways to learn math than with a super geeky…
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Math Tic Tac Toe: Fun Way to Practice Mental Math
We love games (as you well know) and math games are even better! Tired of the old Tic Tac Toe game? Mix it up with some number sense and turn it into Math Tic Tac Toe! This basic math game is perfect for the early grades when kids are working on adding more than two numbers….
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The Tower of Hanoi: Math Logic Puzzle for Kids
You might have noticed we are on a serious math and logic brain teaser kick around here. After the success of the cubic puzzler and the harder-than-it-looks T puzzle, I have been on the hunt for more classic math games and puzzles. I stumbled across The Tower of Hanoi. Sounds sort of like some mysterious and…
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Math Dice Games Kids Can Play Cooperatively!
We acquired a set of Math Dice a few years ago and my son loved playing with them but they have been languishing in the game closet for a while now so I thought it was time to bring them out for some fun math dice games during our final week of Camp Mathematics. We had…
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Practice Multiplication with Simple Spirolateral Math Art
We are working on patterning and math art this week for Camp Mathematics. Have you ever heard of spirolaterals? Yeah, me neither. I happened upon them while looking for a new math art project to inspire my kids. If you follow this blog (hugs and kisses for you) then you are aware of my great love…
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T Puzzle (Boggle Your Mathematical Mind)
Camp Mathematics is all about exploring math in FUN ways. No worksheets, no drills, no forced memorization of facts. Brain teasers and puzzles are one of my favorite ways to stretch the kids’ minds and they may not even know they are working on their math skills! Sneaking in some out of the box thinking with…
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Magic Squares Math Fun
If you are like me, you’ve heard of magic squares but you’ve never actually tried your hand at solving one. Since this week’s theme for Camp Mathematics is computing I figured getting my kids to try their hand at a magic square math puzzle would be a good a mathematical recreation activity. After all, my…
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Brain Teaser: Symmetry Paper Trick
Don’t overlook small activities. Small activities can actually lead to big learning. I showed this symmetry paper trick to my 10 year old and he saw the answer right away, but my 6 year old had to watch it several times. He focused, concentrated and kicked his spatial perception into gear. His brain was working! Then,…
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