Fun Summer Math Activities - By Lumos Learning
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| 00:03 | Hi , I'm Nancy Walter . I am the math | |
| 00:05 | and science product developer here at Educational Insights . I | |
| 00:08 | was a math and science teacher for 11 years , | |
| 00:10 | and I'm also the mother of two young Children . | |
| 00:12 | Unfortunately , research suggests that kids lose up to 2.5 | |
| 00:16 | months worth of math skills over the summer . This | |
| 00:19 | is probably because math doesn't slip as easily into summer | |
| 00:21 | activities to say reading or science exploration . So we | |
| 00:26 | have some ideas for what you can do to help | |
| 00:28 | with this problem and even , perhaps , give your | |
| 00:30 | kids a leg up in math over the summer . | |
| 00:32 | One thing that you could do is make homemade flashcards | |
| 00:36 | for younger kids . You can make flashcards with , | |
| 00:37 | say , two circles and the numeral two so that | |
| 00:40 | kids can learn the numbers . And then for older | |
| 00:43 | kids , you can have them work on their edition | |
| 00:45 | . There subtraction , their multiplication , their division at | |
| 00:48 | educational insights . We've actually taken flashcards one step further | |
| 00:51 | . After all , this is summer , and it | |
| 00:53 | should be fun . So we have a set of | |
| 00:54 | interactive flash cards that actually provide your Children with feedback | |
| 00:58 | as they work their way through the flashcards . So | |
| 01:03 | for the younger kids . We have aced the talking | |
| 01:05 | teaching dog , and now we also have a cat | |
| 01:08 | and kids use them with the flash cards and they | |
| 01:10 | use the pen . They select their answer . They | |
| 01:12 | touch it to the dot , and it gives them | |
| 01:14 | feedback with flashing lights and interactive phrases to let them | |
| 01:17 | know if they're right or wrong . You're the cat's | |
| 01:20 | me out . Try again for older kids . We | |
| 01:24 | also have a hot dots pen that looks like this | |
| 01:26 | , and we have interactive flash cards , for example | |
| 01:29 | . In addition , subtraction , multiplication and division and | |
| 01:32 | kids can even work on word problems . We have | |
| 01:34 | word problem card sets as well . Our electronic games | |
| 01:38 | are also a great way to practice key math skills | |
| 01:40 | over the summer . For example , mass lamb is | |
| 01:42 | a great way to practice , addition and subtraction . | |
| 01:45 | Mass shark you can use to practice addition , subtraction | |
| 01:48 | , multiplication , division decimals , fractions , percentages . | |
| 01:51 | These are a great way to pass the time in | |
| 01:54 | the car , on long road trips and on airplane | |
| 01:57 | flights . Games are another great way to slip math | |
| 02:00 | practice into your summer routine , and lots of parents | |
| 02:02 | just make up their own . For example , you | |
| 02:04 | can grab a ruler and measure things around the house | |
| 02:07 | or at the park . I used to have my | |
| 02:08 | students actually measure their bedroom and their bed and their | |
| 02:12 | desk and that actually create a bedroom blueprint for younger | |
| 02:15 | kids . You can trace your foot or trace their | |
| 02:18 | foot and then cut it out and measure things by | |
| 02:20 | feet . Of course , the eye has a measurement | |
| 02:23 | game . We also have games focused on , for | |
| 02:26 | example , fractions . And this year we even have | |
| 02:28 | a cool rock and math game , which is focused | |
| 02:31 | on a variety of key third grade math skills . | |
| 02:34 | I hope you've been inspired by the summer math activities | |
| 02:36 | . If you have a great idea for a way | |
| 02:38 | to practice math with your kids over the summer , | |
| 02:40 | I would love to hear about it . You can | |
| 02:42 | shoot me . An email at Nancy at educational insights | |
| 02:44 | dot com |
Summarizer
DESCRIPTION:
Great do-it-yourself summertime math activity ideas from Nancy Balter, former math teacher. Nancy also shares information about some fun math toys and games that help kids retain and build math skills over the summer.
OVERVIEW:
Fun Summer Math Activities is a free educational video by Lumos Learning.It helps students in grades 8.
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