Sample activities for first grade include:
- Write letters to a summer-math pen pal
- Make a number line with sidewalk chalk and model addition and subtraction with your feet
- Create a mosaic to explore shapes and measurement
- Go to a library and read math-related literature and ask a librarian how they use math
- Make homemade playdough and use it to explore 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes
- Answer word problems based on the rosary
- Visit a Catholic church to explore shapes, number concept, counting by 1s and 10s, and sets
- Create a pretend lemonade stand to explore volume, money, and addends of 10
- Go to a park and answer your math facts while swinging
- Explore set concept by finding items in nature
- Use water balloons to explore sorting by weight and size, counting, and addition and subtraction within 10
- Play a board game with a Math Mentor and journal about the math you used while playing
- Daily Flashcard Motivation Page
And more! See our Themes & Concepts in our Summer Math Booklet.
