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 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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Awesome Math Art: 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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Fibonacci Art Project
Around here we like projects that combine math and art. Math art projects have been a key way for me to get my art-resistant kids to get creative. Following up on our super popular Pi art skyline project, I knew I wanted to do some kind of Fibonacci art project. Learning about Fibonacci and applying his…
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Math YouTube Channels for Kids
My older son’s favorite subject is math. Although I’m no slouch, mathematics is not my greatest skill and I know I will not be able to help him much as his school math lessons get harder. Most of the math channels on YouTube that we’ve come across are very, very, very dry and are just like…
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Math Art with a Möbius Strip
Have you ever made a Möbius strip? We’ve made simple ones before as part of our creative math learning explorations but a little blurb in a math games book inspired my 9 year old math whiz to take the Möbius strip to the next level. In case you don’t know what a Möbius strip is, it’s a one-sided…
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17 (Almost) Effortless Preschool Math Activities
This second installation in my series of (Almost) Effortless Learning Ideas for parents to teach their kids at home. Last time I shared some of my favorite easy activities to build literacy; today I’m tackling my older son’s favorite subject: math. These easy preschool math activities were ones I did (and still do!) with both my kids….
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Kaleidograph Design Toy
The boys and I have a particular penchant for math art. We love making tessellations, playing with shapes and even turn treats into fractions. It goes without saying that a toy that explores math and art simultaneously is one we will love. This Kaleidograph design toy is a clever way to explore shapes, geometry and…
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