Category — Math Activities

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

Sorting activities are great to help children build math skills. As they create patterns, organize items in sets and examine similarities and differences in items, they build a foundation for a better understanding of math. This is a fun and inexpensive sorting activity for your grandchildren to do when they come to visit. It’s really great for all ages. Sometimes my adult children get involved. I put all kinds of interesting items in my jar. There are buttons, plastic money, beads, plastic animals, rocks, marbles, the list is endless! I dump the jar onto the table then the children begin organizing their favorite items. I like to talk to them about what they chose and why, what other items match what they already have. They usually come up with answers that I would have never had thought of. To keep things from falling on the floor, dump the items into a large box lid. You could use an egg carton for sorting the items.