Sample activities include:
- Write letters to a summer-math pen pal
- Place blades of grass along a sidewalk chalk number line
- Go to an area park and explore perimeter, area, measurement, swing through your math facts
- Go to a library and read math-related literature and ask a librarian how they use math
- Explore perimeter and area of library books
- Create a mosaic and explore fractions
- Use water balloons to study prime and composite numbers, toss ‘factor balloons’ in ‘multiple baskets’, see how many of your multiples you can say while tossing a water balloon in the air
- Make homemade playdough and use it to explore perimeter and area
- Create models of equivalent fractions using sidewalk chalk drawings
- Discuss what the prefix “deca” means and explore fractions and graph making using the rosary
- Visit a Catholic church to explore pattern, symmetry and its place in a sacred space
- Make lemonade and explore volume and counting money by setting up a lemonade stand
- Use Styrofoam cups to explore place value
- Play a board game with a Math Mentor and journal about the math you used while playing
- Daily Flashcard Motivation Page
Learn more about choosing the best Summer Math Booklet for your child.
