Make a Hershey's Kiss Christmas Tree
This fun activity not only makes for a fabulous holiday decoration, but it will also give your child great practice with counting!
Craft a Natural Materials Mosaic
Celebrate the blooming season with your child by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of natural materials, instead of tiles or stones.
Estimation Breakfast
Remember that old carnival game where you had to guess how many jellybeans were in a jar? Well, guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's how to bring it to the breakfast table!
Summer Calendar for Kids
Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a calendar with your child. Not only will it teach your kid about the passing of time, but it will build excitement, all summer long!
Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity
To understand measurement, kids need direct experiences with comparing and ordering objects. But that doesn't necessarily mean sitting down with a ruler. This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on a measuring stick...the feet on your child's own body!
Pass It On: A Kindergarten Dice Game
Roll the dice and play this fun number game! It's a great way to practice number recognition and the skill of following specific instructions. This simple game of chance is a great way to prepare a kindergartner for more advanced games.
Make a Counting Book
If a picture's worth a thousand words, how many numbers is it worth? Break out some old newspapers and magazines and let your kid find out, by creating her very own counting book!
Make a ME Timeline
Help your child create a "Me Timeline," a unique poster that works on key math and early social studies skills-- putting events in order.
Button Math: Have Fun with Buttons!
Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Make good use of your buttons by using them to help your kindergartner master the important math concepts of sorting, counting, and patterning.
Play the Blue Bean Counting Game
Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.
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