Ping Pong Patterns
This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use colored ping-pong balls to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.
Make Noodle Necklaces!
This activity is the perfect project to do on a lazy summer day. And more importantly, it will help develop crucial hand-eye coordination skills in your young writer.
Plan a Treasure Hunt
Few kids can resist the pull of an adventure, and the promise of hidden treasure. In between all that treasure hunting, preschoolers get a taste of how to use a map.
Play Snakes and Dots
Practice problem solving skills with your kindergarten or first grade student in this simple two-player game.
Make Abacus Waffles
Here's an easy activity for your preschooler or kindergartner: use waffles and fresh berries to create a delicious abacus that'll give your child some "berry good" hands-on practice with patterning!
Homemade Beads: 3 Ways
Stringing beads is a fun way to give boredom the boot. Plus, it helps kids practice a key skill...patterning. You can buy a sack of beads at any craft store. But here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.
Make Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments
Decorate your Christmas tree with beaded candy canes made by your child. This activity teaches your child an AB pattern which is essential for learning number patterns.
Make a Wind Chime
Get kids busy with this colorful craft activity, and sneak in some math practice without them even realizing it! This beaded wind chime is fun to make, and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.
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.
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.
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