A Mathematical Card Trick
Teach your fourth grader a fun magic trick! You'll need a deck of cards and some basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills. Your student will love the excitement of using magic and will have a great opportunity to practice his computation skills.
Practice Math with the "Guess the Groceries" Game
Not only is taking math on a shopping trip a fun diversion from worksheets (and a chance for you to get some shopping done), but your child will be practicing rounding, estimation and addition with a hands-on method.
Capture That Fraction
Compare fractions in this two-player math game. Improve your proficiency and understanding in a fun new way! Using just a deck of cards, pencils and paper you can create a more interesting way to practice an important skill.
Battle It Out: Positive and Negative Numbers Card Game
The concept of positive and negative numbers can be confusing! Check out this fun, competitive card game and improve your understanding. By working together, you'll ensure that no one feels left out, and everyone will gain confidence in no time!
Sew a Colorful Amish Potholder
The careful measurements and piecing of quilting happen to provide outstanding practice in spatial reasoning and early geometry. Quilting is also a great way to connect with the past hands-on. Help fourth graders stitch all these ideas together by letting them quilt something of their own!
Prime Time: A Prime Numbers Math Game
What is a prime number? Check out this great way to learn. Before you know it, you'll have the first several prime numbers memorized and some great skills to take with you back to math class.
Staying Above Zero
Learn about temperature while practicing negative and positive integers. Use a thermometer as a number line and draw from a deck of playing cards to determine where you'll move. First one to reach the boiling point wins!
Multiplication Math War
Play this fun card game with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.
Leftovers: A Division Card Game
Fourth grade is an important time for learning division. This board game focuses on practicing the art of finding remainders, or "leftovers." With a few simple materials you can find around the house, you'll be able to create a fun new way to work on an important concept.
Bulls-eye! A Mathematical Card Game
It's a race to see who can hit the target first by working math problems faster than their opponent.
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