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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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.
We adore merging mathematics and art in amazing math art activities.
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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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Simple Counting Game to Teach Subtraction Skills
We are kicking off the first week of Camp Mathematics with a simple, quick and fun counting game. This math game looks deceptively simple but it exercises kids’ logic and reasoning skills. It’s a good early math activity in preparation for addition and subtraction but I played a few rounds with my soon-to-be 5th grader and…
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Brain Teaser for Kids: Math Cube Riddle
Puzzles and riddles are terrific mind-stretching activities to help you raise kids with growth mindsets and good executive function skills. Put together this math cube riddle, a challenging DIY puzzle. As you know, we love a good creative math activity. Whether it’s turning cookies into fractions, playing a rousing game of Sumoku or making curves out of…
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Geometry Magic: Turn 2 Circles into 1 Square
It’s been a while since my son and I made math art magic with Möbius strips and it was time for some more math fun, this time we explored the geometry magic and accomplished the impossible! (Melodramatic, much?) We turned two circles into one square. “Inconceivable!” you shout. “No one can turn two closed curves into a…
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Math Art Awesomeness: Make a Transforming Ninja Star
We are in love with these origami transforming paper stars. This gem of a project combines math, art and paper engineering. I’ll be totally honest, it’s not the easiest project for very little ones, but if your child can fold a paper airplane (which is the perfect STEM play date, by the way!) then he or she…
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Compute & Find: A Secret Code Activity for Kids
Want to get your kids to practice math, handwriting, sounding out words, sleuthing and have fun all at the same time? This secret code activity is for you. I’ve been wanting to do secret codes with the kids for a while, and since it fit the bill of this week’s STEAM POWER theme of “compute,” the…
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Math Picture Books (Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grades)
In this series of math book lists, we move on now to math picture books for kindergarteners through second grade. In my list of math books for preschoolers I mentioned that there is no shortage of math picture books. The trick, for me at least, is to find books to teach math concepts that are…
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Super Cool Math Art with Parabolic Curves
We adore math art projects. I’ve been eyeing the idea of using parabolic curves in a creative endeavor with my math-loving kid for a while. I was experimenting in my own art journal with the groovy way you can fool the eye into thinking a group of straight lines is actually a curve when my 10 year…
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