Learn more: Buggy and Buddy/Fishing Math 4. Float some numbered foam fish with paper clips attached, then try to catch the numbers in the right order! (Don’t want to get wet? Just lay the fish on the ground instead.) It’s so easy to make your own magnet fishing pole. Kids will have fun checking the ground under trees for twigs, then breaking them into pieces and creating tally piles. Small sticks are perfect for practicing tally marks. Learn more: Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls 2. If there’s snow on the ground, bundle up and take this one outside to use real snowballs!
Throw snowballs inside or outĬlip flash cards to plastic tubs, then challenge kids to throw the correct number of large white pom-poms (“snowballs”) in from a distance. Lots of these ideas can be adapted to suit a variety of math concepts, so choose a few to try out with your own math students. They get kids up and moving, using their whole bodies to learn facts and skills. Tired of hearing groans when you announce it’s time for math? These active math games and activities will spice up your learning game.
