Category — Math Activities

This easy activity can help children with patterning, rhythm, coordination, reading, spelling. Boy, that’s a lot for something so simple.
Directions:
1. Print & cutout the activity cards (at least 3 copies).
2. Arrange the cards across the floor in any order creating a pattern.
3. Turn on some music or sing a familiar song while doing each movement in order. Each movement can be 2, 3, or 4 counts depending on the music.
There are so many variations, you could even do 2 together. I left one blank card so your grandchild could create their own movement.
Download Movement Patterning Activity

This is a fun and easy math activity for your kids grades 2-5.
Print the Activity Sheet

This is so easy you can do this in the morning with your kids or grandkids and serve it for lunch. Anytime you give children an opportunity to measure it builds their skill in understanding numbers and what they represent. It also helps them understand capacity and volume. So something as simple as cooking together not only creates a special memory, but it also builds math skills.
Freezer Strawberry Jam
2 c sugar
8 c strawberries, chopped or pureed
1 – 6oz pkg strawberry Jello
Bring berries and sugar to boil.
Add Jello, stir until completely dissolved.
Put in jars or plastic containers. Let cool and freeze.

Organizing things in categories is a fun way to help your child with math. Using scissors can help develop small muscle coordination and eye-hand coordination. You probably didn’t realize how important these simple tasks are to your child’s development. This activity can give them lots of practice.

Cut out pictures of food from the newspaper or magazines. Organize them in categories and make a book.
Some categories might be:
Foods that are alike (fruits, vegetables, come from an animal, etc)
Colors
Foods you like or dislike
Healthy or not so healthy
Taste (sweet, sour, salty)
Create a balanced meal

Idea from Classroom Connections, Deseret News

Download Bear Pattern Print the bear pattern on cardstock weight paper. Cut-out the shape and punch holes where marked. Use yarn or string to lace. You can let your grandchildren create their own pattern to lace.

This is a fun way for your grandchild to practice addition. All you need are a pair of dice to play this math game. The object is to get to 100 or closest without going over. Each player shakes the dice and makes a number. If you shake a 5 & 3 you can make the number 53 or 35. Write the number on a piece of paper and when it’s your turn again, shake the dice and make another number. Add the 2 numbers together. Keep adding the numbers until someone wins.
You can also play Race to 0. It’s played the same way but subtracting from 100.

COUNTING TURKEYS
Cut out nine medium or small paper (or felt) turkeys.
Place them on a table or felt board.
Have your child point to each one as you recite the following poems together.

NINE LITTLE TURKEYS (A Counting Rhyme)
One little, two little, three little turkeys
Four little, five little, six little turkeys
Seven little, eight little, nine little turkeys
Out in the barnyard.
Gobble, gobble, little turkeys
Gobble, gobble, little turkeys,
Gobble, gobble, little turkeys.
Out in the barnyard.
Jean Warren

TURKEY, TURKEY (A Number & Color Rhyme)
Turkey, turkey number one
Strutting under the yellow sun.

Turkey, turkey number two
Strutting under skies of blue.

Turkey, turkey number three
Strutting under a big green tree.
Turkey, turkey number four
Strutting past the red barn door.
Jean Warren
More Activities From Pre-School Express

This is a Halloween family activity that everyone will love.  When you have your grandchildren over to carve pumpkins plan to roast the seeds and enjoy them at the same time. After you have cut the top off of a pumpkin let your grandchildren remove all the seeds from inside. You  can make it a math game by predicting how many seeds are in the pumpkin then counting them. In a colander, rinse the seeds thoroughly with water. If your grandkids are like mine they’ll love playing in the water. Place the rinsed seeds in a bowl, with a little vegetable oil (about 1 teaspoon of oil per cup of seeds) and mix well. Spread the seeds on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 300° F for about 30-40 minutes, until they are golden brown. Let the seeds cool before eating them! This can become a fun family tradition.

This is an easy and fun game to play around Hal1oween. It’s a great way to help children learn and practice counting by fives, adding and subtracting. Just print the spider web patterns, cut them out and glue onto a paper plate. Set them on the floor an appropriate distance for your grandchild’s ability. For tossing use a black pompom or a rolled up sock. Create your own rules so everyone can be a winner. Download Spider Web Game 5 & 10 Download Spider Web Game 15 & 20

All you need for this game is a deck of card with numbers. If you’re using playing card remove the aces and face cards. You can use UNO or Racko cards. Put the cards face down in a pile. Take turns drawing 2 cards from the pile. Add, subtract or multiply the numbers on the 2 cards. You can  also play where each person has a pile. Together each of you turns over one card. The first person to add, subtract or multiply the numbers correctly gets to keep the cards.