This paper-folding activity is great for getting students familiar with fractions. Here's what you need: A sheet of paper and some markers, colored pencils, or crayons. Afterwards you can create paper airplanes or cranes. (See how here! 7 Origami Projects for Kids) The question what is the sum of 1/2 and 1/3 This in [...]
A continuation of the card game that can be used with elementary students learning basic operations, or with older students with more complex variables. In this version we take it up a level with some new variations, and we also talk about a neat trick for those dreaded nine-times-tables called the "rule of nines." What [...]
This card game can be used with elementary students learning basic operations, or with older students with more complex variables. What you need: A bored kid (or two or three) Any math concept (addition, multiplication, division, even exponentials!) A deck of ordinary playing cards A pencil and paper for each player What makes it fun [...]
