SBBK - Math 4

Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Math!

M&M Math (school agers)

I gave the older 3 a cup of M&Ms.

I drew a graph and had them sort the candy by color.

 Then they wrote their findings. 1st grader:

Kinder: (she needed some assistance in what I was looking for)

Then we added them up.

My 3rd grader also did this and then I had him do some more complex problems orally.

For example. All of the red totals minus the blue totals for all 3 kids.

Or, All of the yellow totals multiplied by 4.

You get the idea.

We did this sort of quizzing for 20 minutes.

Once we were done with all of the math I had him explain one problem to the girls.

The sum of the brown candies multiplied by 2 would be ... and why.

They enjoyed him teaching it to them, and he liked that he knew more than them.

Haha.

SBBK - Math 3

Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Math!

M&M Math! (Toddlers)

I drew circles in M&M colors.

I wrote a number in each circle and my 3 year old had to put the right color and number in each circle.

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My 2.5 year old just got circles and had to put the M&M in the right colored circle. Then we counted them.

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They both loved this.

They ate and counted over and over. I had happy toddlers at snack time. :D

This was very simple and you could do it with skittles, or jujubees, or any colored candy!

SBBK - Math 2

Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Math!

So, while the older 2 were working on TOP IT! My younger 3 were working on the number 3, 4, and 5.

I printed the worksheets from HERE or you can check out ALL of their printables 

from First-School HERE they have so many worksheets! Check them out! 

I let them use markers this time. Next time, we will do colored pencils.

They loved this, and my 5 year old (kinder) thought this was too easy for her, and eventually joined in on Top It! My 3 year old and 2 year old had a blast with this and asked "why not we doing 1 and 2?"

This is a perfect quiet activity when you are trying to make dinner too!

SBBK - Math 1

Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Math!

I typically do one Math Activity in the morning, and one in the afternoon.

Follow Along, it is fun!

This is where I hid the sign.

The kids did their morning routine, and then came downstairs.

Since this activity is not for all ages, I had two games prepared.

I found these Math games via my son's teacher. You can print them HERE from Serenade to Second Grade.

Since I will have a 3rd grader and a 1st Grader, I thought this would be a fun game to kick start our summer.

They loved this game, and eventually added 2 decks to this stack.

Then I taught them how to play WAR.

This was a good 20 minute activity.

Ages 4+ depending on your child's knowledge numbers and their placement.

Color a Mosaic

I found a few websites that have free printables, and one was a Color by Number 

It resembled a mosaic (for the sake of the theme) so I printed ones that my girls would like and let them at it.

 Some were easier than others. :)

One followed the directions...

One did her own thing...

Both look great on the fridge. :)

Pumpkin Flash Cards

Pumpkin Theme Activities for Kids.

Cut up paper into card shapes.

Write the number at the bottom and draw the appropriate number of stems.

Then let the kids thumbprint/finger print the corresponding amount of "pumpkins"

Once dry, laminate and use for anything!

We are going to use them for church...on the way, for quiet activities and for counting.

Simple easy and made by your toddler!

Apple Cycle Sequencing

Read THE TINY SEED - by Eric Carle

Print this page HERE

Let the kids color them.

Cut them out.

And glue in the correct order.

Then discuss.  Its so fun listening to the reasoning of their order choices. :)

It is a fun quick project...that takes some time cutting and gluing but educational too!

Pattern Power (1)

Here is a great quiet game for the kids.

First you need to print these...

HERE is the PRINTABLE!
Finally no more EMAILING!

Then cut and laminate.
I printed 3 - that made 9.

Then grab a few items to snack on.
I picked animal crackers, craisins and goldfish.
You could do fruit snacks, m&m's, and cheeze-its.
Really you could do anything that is small enough.

Then you make your own patterns and EAT!
We brought this project to a friends house.
Those cute blondies are moving away and it makes me so sad.

This is great for church, quiet time, snack time, traveling...ANYTHING!
Print a few and tell me what you think!

Math Ring Toss

We had some friends over for some fun.  First we painted paper plates...

I asked them to paint the bumpy outer rim, but they ended up painting the whole plate...oh well.

Once I blowdried them dry I cut the centers out.

While the popcorn was popping I made the stands.

I cut a wrapping paper tube into 3 unequal sizes so there would be a challenge. You could cut them all the same size, or use paper towel tubes...there is no right or wrong way here.

Then you cut them and tape them on a unpainted plate.

Then I grabbed the popcorn and headed out to the jungle. I mean the front yard. 

I chose to do math problems. If it landed on 5-2 they got 3 pieces of popcorn.

If they landed on 2+2 they got 4 pieces of popcorn.

If you are going to do this with younger kids just write the number or draw the number with shapes like 4 squares to determine how many pieces of popcorn they get.

The kids had a blast and then went crazy and took over the popcorn bowl.

Something fun for the summer that still requires some brains to do! Hahaha.

Try it! Its cheap and fun but most importantly educational!

Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest

We had some friends over while their parents were closing on their new house.

Something on our summer TO-Do list is have a watermelon seed spitting contest!

So first you need WATERMELON!

 Then you eat some! We talked about the seeds and how some are white and some are black and what each kind means.

 Then we tried them with salt.

 Mmmm.

 Now the 2 lonely seeds at the bottom are the only ACTUAL seeds in the seedless watermelon, so I used raisins to simulate "seeds"

Then we got technical.

 Then we spit!

 go go go!

 You can do it!

 Then we measured and recorded on our chart.

 Eat some more and do it again!

 here is how we marked too.

It was a fun morning and the kids used math to figure out who went the farthest!

Try it on a hot summer day. It totally beats sitting in front of the TV!