There are many interesting ways to make math a part of summer fun. Below are activity ideas that you and your child can do together. The activities cover different math ideas and vary by difficulty level. There are also entertaining and challenging math games from FAMILY MATH for two or more players.

As you read through an activity or game, you may not know how it ends or what all the answers are. That's okay! You will learn the answers along with your child. Enjoy the journey!

Activities

Beginning   Intermediate   Advanced
3-D Shapes and Volume In this activity, your child explores how much different three-dimensional shapes can hold. This activity builds skills in Measurement and Geometry.   Logic Problems In this activity, your child solves and creates logic problems. This activity builds skills in all of the mathematics strands.   Fibonacci! In this activity, your child explores the wonderful world of the Fibonacci numbers. This activity builds skills in Algebra.
FAMILY MATH Games Digit Directives: Diminishing Division   (PDF) Spin a spinner to get the smallest answer. © Copyright 1998 by the Regents of the University of California Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley; California. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved. Mayan Mathematics   (PDF) Use the Mayan number system to get 400 without going over. © Copyright 1998 by the Regents of the University of California Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley; California. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved.

These games are used by permission from The University of California at Berkeley. Please visit the EQUALS web site for more information.