Overlapping Patterns
\ \ What number will they overlap on? How do you know? Draw two new patterns that overlap on the…
Headbandz: Numbers
\ \ Try to guess your own number. After playing with numbers play with shapes.
Standing Tall
What pattern could you create by having your friends stand on numbers?\ \
Big & Little
\ \ What measurements will help you out? Volume? Length? How will you and your child compare? How many times…
Wondering Hippos
\ Alright parents. Create your own question to ask your child. \ Possible questions: If the green hippo eats some…
Missing Cherries
\ \ How many cherries should be in the 7th pile if the pattern continues? Create another pattern that starts…
What do you see?
\ \ How many triangles would fill the centre of the completed picture?
Complete the Square
\ \ How many little squares are there in total after completing the big square? What are other square numbers?…
Packs of Cherries
\ \ How can you count them differently? If you ate one of the groups, how many would be left?
Triangle Cover
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Which One Doesn’t Belong?
\ \ Which one doesn’t belong? Be ready to say why your choice doesn’t fit with the rest. Try to…
Circle Counting
\ \ After your child counts the dots say “another child counted them in a different way. How might he/she…
More Squares
\ \ How did you create the red squares? Draw a diagram to show your thinking.
Putting it on the Line
\ \ For more activities like this please check out clotheslinemath.com and Estimation180.com/clothesline
Two Cubes
\ \ Extensions:How many more yellow squares do you need to add to the big cube to make the big…
Take the Shorter Path
Thinking: First we learned about & physically did positional language(left, up,forward) then we connected it to coding(which we do a…
A pattern around Nine
\ \ Describe a pattern that increases by a lot and one that increases by a little. Describe a pattern…
Follow the Leader
\ \ Describe the pattern. Make two more patterns with missing terms. One easy and one hard.
Money Order
\ \ How much money is on each side of the line? Which side is easier to count? How can…
Hippo Math
\ \ Possible discussion Questions: Who has eaten the most? Who has eaten the least? How many marbles are still…
Lego Width
\ \ Extension: How many Lego figures will fill the board?
Lego Width
\ \ How many Lego Figures will reach the top of the board? What number is too high? What number…
Missing Eggs
\ \ How man eggs do you see? How many empty spaces? How did you count them?
Purple Area or Blue Area?
\ \ Extensions: What fraction is blue/purple? How many more blue to fill the screen? Draw your own partially-filled grid.