Bugaboo Math Games

Last week we talked about using math skills to track baseball statistics. We looked at Batting average, Earned run average, and On-base percentage.  This week, we will give you a few more ways to have your child become an expert…

Do you know a child who loves baseball? Combine math with their love of baseball for some great summer math practice!   There is a lot of math associated with baseball statistics, so have your child figure out the stats on their…

Practice addition and subtraction with a visual map! Draw out a simple map with various points of interest ( i.e. barn, ice cream stand, playground, pond) and draw intersecting roads that connect some of the points of interest, with a number showing…

Let’s take that big bag of jelly beans and practice some graphing! Have your child organize the jelly beans into colors and then make a bar graph showing colors on the horizontal axis and numbers along the vertical axis. They…

Patterns are important in the world of math and science.  They help us to predict what comes next and help us to solve complicated problems.  Depending on  your child’s age, choose one of the following pattern games. For a young…

Take a container of small toys, like matchbox cars, or a collection of sea shells or rocks, and create categories. Have your child sort them by type, color, or size.   For example, if you sort by color, you can…

Board games can be a fun way for older elementary kids to practice math skills, plus it’s a great family activity! Games with a financial theme require kids to manage their bank accounts, decide whether to take an investment risk,…

Play “store” with your child to practice counting and working with coins and dollars. Your child can be the cashier, with some real dollars and coins. If they have a pretend cash register, it’s even more fun! Set some items…

Baking for the holidays? Have your child help and work with fractions at the same time! For example, use a 1/4 measuring cup to show how many times you refill it to make 1 cup, or show how many 1/2…

Children love guessing games so turn your next game into a math challenge by saying something like, “I am thinking of a number, and when you add 4 to it, you get 9.  What is my number?”  Then have your…