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Fun with an Old Calendar

Posted on January 19th, 2010 by tutor1235

It’s January, so that means that most of us are getting new calendars.  The old ones can be a great source of reading, writing and math fun, so don’t toss them.  This is the ultimate in recycling!!

  • Cut the numbers apart and have your child build math equations
  • Cut the days of the week apart and put them in order
  • Cut the month names out and put them in order
  • Tell or write stories about the pictures
  • Put the numbers in order
  • Find the numbers you need to count by 2′s (or 3′s or 4′s…) to 30
  • Do some calendar calculations-how many days between Christmas and Easter?  How many weeks is that?  How many months?
  • Which month has the highest numbered Tuesday?

You get the picture.  Now it’s your turn-what creative educational idea can you share with us that uses an old calendar??

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Play a Great Math Game!

Posted on December 16th, 2008 by tutor1235

You can use a deck of cards and a little imagination to help your kids practice their basic addition and multiplication facts!  You need two players and a deck of regular playing cards.  Remove the face cards.  Deal the cards out to both players face down.  Players take turns flipping the top two cards from their piles and adding or multiplying the cards’ value.  The player with the highest total gets to take all cards.  If there is a tie, each player should lay down two more cards face down, then two face up and repeat.  The player with the highest total wins all cards from the war.

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