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Creative and fun math activities for kids to promote learning.

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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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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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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