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Forum: Looking at Learning... Again, Part 2

Topic: Math in Games

Posted by: Karen Kinyon (K_Kinyon@wetn.pbs.org )
Date posted: Mon Apr 3 22:08:21 US/Eastern 2000
Subject: math in games
Message:
After thinking about the math in games, I decided to plan a Family Math Night around games that the children are familiar with. A note was sent home for families to list games that they thought had math in them and a willingness to bring the game(s) Math Night....planned for end of April. That night there will be signs such as time, money, patterns, numbers etc. up around our gym with families cued ahead of time as to where to place their game for sharing. It is my hope to tie the home connection of math to what is done at school.

Subject: Math Games
Reply Posted by: Rebecca Corwin (rcorwin@lesley.edu )
Organization: Lesley College
Date Posted: Wed Apr 5 21:15:25 US/Eastern 2000
Message:
What a spectacular idea to have. I will be eager to hear about the outcome, and how your parent group responds to the challenges that analyzing these games will entail! Please share the outcome with us here; and a list of the games with some of the parents' comments would be wonderful. Have your children talked with you about the games their parents are bringing in to school? I want to know what happens.

Subject: Math in Games
Reply Posted by: Laura Goodreau (goodreau@upper,capemayschools.com )
Organization: UpperTownship PrimarySchool
Date Posted: Mon Apr 24 9:02:40 US/Eastern 2000
Message:
Karen. This idea of a Family Game Night is great. It will allow the parents to be a part of their child's mathematical experience. It is a wonderful home-school connection and the children will gain much from it as will the parents. What grade level are you talking about doing this with? I teach first grade and I could see this as being a beneficial activity. I wish you luck in this activity and wait to hear how it goes. I am going to try this activity nearer the end of the school year. Good Luck! Laura Goodreau

Subject: Math games
Reply Posted by: Karen Kinyon (K_Kinyon@wetn.pbs.org )
Date Posted: Sun Apr 30 11:37:17 US/Eastern 2000
Message:
I will let you know how it turns our. We have interested families and lists of games. As a staff we are having troubles establishing a date.....spring break, teacher out for week with testing etc. The best prepared plans???????

Subject: Math Night
Reply Posted by: Karen Kinyon (K_Kinyon@wetn.pbs.org )
Date Posted: Sun Apr 30 11:43:26 US/Eastern 2000
Message:
Thanks for the encouragement. I teach second grade. We are yet to have the night....troubles coming together on an agreeable date. This would just be for our 4 second grades. We have the interested families and lists of games; so hopefully before the end of May. It will be a good way to encourage interactions and math over the summer. karen

Subject: Math night
Reply Posted by: Diana Bacon (djbacon@thegrid.net )
Date Posted: Wed May 10 12:50:43 US/Eastern 2000
Message:
I'm anxious to hear about your family math night. Although it is not math/science related, we just presented a family night for reading literacy. It's the same concept, though, since it shows parents how they can enhance their children's reading/writing through everyday home acivities.It was quite successful and we only did it at the KG level this time. I'm our parent ed coordinator, so I'm hoping to expand to the first and second grade level in the coming year.Love to hear about your math night, since I'd like to venture to that area too.

Subject: Math Night
Reply Posted by: Pam Nokkentved (nokkentved@olynet.com )
Organization: none
Date Posted: Mon Feb 7 19:05:20 2005
Message:
Veering a little from games, has anyone used Legos as a basis for math discovery? I have seen a teacher use these with multiplication. Students were given a paper with a few rectangles and asked to figure out how to fill them and then count the knobs on the Legos to figure out a multiplication problem.

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