Wooden Logs
July 19, 2017
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\ \ Estimate – How many wooded logs are BEHIND the blue rectangle? How did you estimate?
Prompts that Spark Discussion...
Battleship
July 18, 2017
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\ \ Play a round of battleship. Discuss how you ask for hits and misses.
Cookie Counter
July 16, 2017
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\ \ Encourage counting various types. How many cooked cookies? How many uncooked? How many rows? Columns? As always discuss
Split Piles
July 13, 2017
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\ \ How many circles are in each pile? Ask you child, “Another little girl split them up differently. What
Organized Coins
July 10, 2017
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\ \ After discussing what each of you notice and wonder. Have your child add up each side. Which side
Block Tower
July 7, 2017
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\ \ What could you and your child count in this picture? Predict how many more “turns” until it falls
Famous Patterns
July 5, 2017
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\ \ After you discuss the patterning you see here let you child know that this triangular array is called
Can you see the faces?
July 3, 2017
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\ \ Ask your child how they counted the faces? Then ask them to count them a different way.\ \
Canada 150
July 1, 2017
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\ \ Kyle Pearce has shared a math challenge for each day in June to prepare for today, Canada’s 150
Overlapping Patterns
June 28, 2017
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\ \ What number will they overlap on? How do you know? Draw two new patterns that overlap on the
Headbandz: Numbers
June 27, 2017
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\ \ Try to guess your own number. After playing with numbers play with shapes.
Standing Tall
June 26, 2017
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What pattern could you create by having your friends stand on numbers?\ \
Wondering Hippos
June 23, 2017
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\ Alright parents. Create your own question to ask your child. \ Possible questions: If the green hippo eats some
Missing Cherries
June 22, 2017
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\ \ How many cherries should be in the 7th pile if the pattern continues? Create another pattern that starts
Complete the Square
June 20, 2017
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\ \ How many little squares are there in total after completing the big square? What are other square numbers?
Packs of Cherries
June 18, 2017
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\ \ How can you count them differently? If you ate one of the groups, how many would be left?
Triangle Cover
June 17, 2017
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\ \ For a video version of this prompt check out the twitter feed here.
Circle Counting
June 15, 2017
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\ \ After your child counts the dots say “another child counted them in a different way. How might he/she
More Squares
June 14, 2017
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\ \ How did you create the red squares? Draw a diagram to show your thinking.
Putting it on the Line
June 12, 2017
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\ \ For more activities like this please check out clotheslinemath.com and Estimation180.com/clothesline
Money Order
June 7, 2017
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\ \ How much money is on each side of the line? Which side is easier to count? How can
Hippo Math
June 6, 2017
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\ \ Possible discussion Questions: Who has eaten the most? Who has eaten the least? How many marbles are still
Missing Eggs
June 2, 2017
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\ \ How man eggs do you see? How many empty spaces? How did you count them?
Purple Area or Blue Area?
June 1, 2017
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\ \ Extensions: What fraction is blue/purple? How many more blue to fill the screen? Draw your own partially-filled grid.
Fraction Fill
May 25, 2017
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