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Classroom Activities
There's nothing like math to lend itself to a hands-on lesson. Math skills can be developed through all kinds of activities – while playing with blocks, drawing shapes, or building a playhouse through trial and error. Use these activities as-is, or as jumping off points for your own lessons. Each of these activities makes use of everyday materials, so students can also practice the same skills at home as well as in the classroom.
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Build Me a House
Skills:
- Measurement,
- Words
Students use recycled materials, standard and non-standard measurement to build a house with a Goldilocks theme.
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Cat in the Hat: Follow the Pasta Path
Skills:
- Spatial Sense
Build a path out of pasta to help the Cat in the Hat get back together with his friends.
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Cat in the Hat: Go on a Length Hunt
Skills:
- Measurement
Grab a piece of string and go on a measuring expedition around the house.
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Cat in the Hat: How Many Ways Old Are You?
Skills:
- Addition,
- Counting,
- Numbers
Explore the many ways you can represent and count numbers.
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Cat in the Hat: Hunting for Treasure Up, Down, All Around
Skills:
- Spatial Sense
Create a series of position clues to lead your child to a hidden “treasure.”
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Cat in the Hat: Thinga-ma-jigger Hide-and-Seek
Skills:
- Spatial Sense
Use clues to help your child find the Thinga-ma-jigger’s hiding place.
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Martha Speaks: Mixed-Up Headlines
Skills:
- Vocabulary,
- Writing
Explore a newspaper, and then give its headlines a creative makeover.
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Martha Speaks: Sharing Family Stories
Skills:
- Storytelling
Open up your family history book by connecting your child to a family story.
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Martha Speaks: Silly Story Builder
Skills:
- Storytelling
Create silly stories by drawing story parts out of a bag.
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Name Towers
Skills:
- Counting
Students count the number of letters in their name, then create towers with unifix cubes and compare with classmates.
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Obstacle Course
Skills:
- Measurement,
- Shapes,
- Spatial Sense,
- Words
Students explore location words with a classroom obstacle course.
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Shape Hunt
Skills:
- Counting,
- Data Analysis,
- Shapes
Students explore shapes in their environment with a walk through the school and a tally sheet to collect data.
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Shoe Sorting
Skills:
- Counting,
- Data Analysis,
- Shapes
Students sort and grab their own shoes using a chart made from a shower curtain.
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The Electric Company: Extended Learning Program
Skills:
- Numbers,
- Words
This 18-week multimedia programming experience consists of 36 sessions designed to be delivered twice a week in after school programs and other out of school time settings.
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The Electric Company: Summer Learning Program
Skills:
- Numbers,
- Words
The Electric Company's Summer Learning Program is a six-week multimedia experience consisting of 24 sessions, with four 90-minute sessions per week.
