Go to your local teacher's supply store and pick up "Family Math". It's a math program that teachers parents simple math games to play with their kids. the ideas are great and can definitley be done at an event.
We do a very low key math night. We have several stations that include card games, dice games, and showing parents how to access practice math through the district's website. Then we go to the lunch room for popcorn and punch and one of the district's math team tells parents about the current math program, explains how it is different and better than what we learned. In the end, every student that comes gets some sort of math give away. My younger son got addition and subtraction flash cards while the older one got some sort of game. The majority of this is put on by through Title 1 and I believe is mandated for the school to get that funding. We are a K-5, but the teachers showed how the games at each station could be adapted for each learning age. We do a seperate reading night because we are required to have 2 different nights, but it is also coordinated by the school and mostly funded through the Title 1 grant. If you receive any time of additional funding for your math program, the math teachers should have some ideas for you.
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Our teachers and parents are working together to have a Math night. We figured that there are definately card games we can have at a couple of stations, but what else? Any ideas would be helpful. Anyone know any ideas that would mix literature & math - thought that would be a great idea for a station. We are a K - 8 school. Do you think we need to narrow our audience or can we get all the grades involved. THANKS!
