Math Enrichment ideas

[nannyaunt]

My nephew will be visiting most weekends this year.

His school uses A Beka math and I'm not looking to reinvent the wheel.

I'm looking for a math enrichment program. Has anyone used either the Process Skills math or the Visible Thinking math workbooks? Or have recommendations for a different program?

Edited August 24, 2016 by nannyaunt

[justasque]

I would lean strongly towards games or other activities that include things like calculations, puzzles, problem-solving, geometric thinking, and so on.  If he's doing straight ABeka during the week, these activities can both flesh out the more conceptual areas of math and give him some experience with strategy, logic, and how to approach puzzles/problems.  At the same time, they can help promote the idea that math can be FUN exercise for the brain, something that is not abundant in a calculation-rich curriculum like ABeka.  Think board games, card games, logic puzzles, brain teasers, jigsaw puzzles, tangrams, pattern blocks, play money, and the like.  There are quite a few good books out there with ideas for these kinds of activities.  Family Math is one (and there are others in the series).

[Earthmerlin]

I would lean strongly towards games or other activities that include things like calculations, puzzles, problem-solving, geometric thinking, and so on. If he's doing straight ABeka during the week, these activities can both flesh out the more conceptual areas of math and give him some experience with strategy, logic, and how to approach puzzles/problems. At the same time, they can help promote the idea that math can be FUN exercise for the brain, something that is not abundant in a calculation-rich curriculum like ABeka. Think board games, card games, logic puzzles, brain teasers, jigsaw puzzles, tangrams, pattern blocks, play money, and the like. There are quite a few good books out there with ideas for these kinds of activities. Family Math is one (and there are others in the series).

I like what you're saying here: math = fun. Any specific examples of game-like activities other than the book you mentioned?

[displace]

Depending on the age, a lot of card and dice games are based on addition, subtraction, multiplication.

http://www.granby.k12.ct.us/uploaded/faculty/wyzika/Dice_and_Card_Games_to_Practice_Math_Facts.pdf -- Has some games

 

Educationunboxed.com has games with cards and cuisinaire rods.