playful math Archives - Mama.Papa.Bubba. https://mamapapabubba.com/tag/playful-math/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:29:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 56460141 Coin Sorting Tray https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/01/29/coin-sorting-tray/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/01/29/coin-sorting-tray/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2016 06:33:23 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=69646 After our rhyming pairs matching game, Miss G asked to play another homemade game this afternoon.  With dinnertime nearing and a baby boy who needed one of his mama’s arms, it needed to be something super quick and easy to pull together, and that’s how this very simple coin sorting tray came about.  Admittedly, it’s more… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/01/29/coin-sorting-tray/feed/ 2 69646 Fill Your Cup {A Simple Addition Game} https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/09/29/fill-your-cup-a-simple-addition-game/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/09/29/fill-your-cup-a-simple-addition-game/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2015 06:59:00 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=68787 Numbers are currently HUGE in our house.  Writing numbers, counting, skip counting, subtraction, dividing things into equal groups, addition… You name it, Grae loves it. {And of course I love that she loves it. ☺} In order to foster her current interest in math, I’ve been coming up with all kinds of very simple number-related… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/09/29/fill-your-cup-a-simple-addition-game/feed/ 1 68787 Berry Bush Snack Subtraction https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/01/26/berry-bush-snack-subtraction/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/01/26/berry-bush-snack-subtraction/#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:00:57 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=25600 After seeing what a hit our recent play dough subtraction smash activity was, I immediately starting thinking of other fun, hands-on activities I could provide Miss G with to foster her love of exploring numbers {and subtraction in particular}. I’m fairly certain the play dough activity was so well-liked because of the smashing aspect, so… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/01/26/berry-bush-snack-subtraction/feed/ 0 25600 Arrow Addition Matching Game https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/01/15/arrow-addition-matching-game/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/01/15/arrow-addition-matching-game/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:01:00 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=25430 After the success of last week’s play dough subtraction smash, I decided that we’d focus on another playful math activity this week, and since Miss G’s been all about getting going with Valentine’s Day stuff since we took down our Christmas tree, I thought we’d incorporate that too.  While hearts were {of course} the first… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/01/15/arrow-addition-matching-game/feed/ 5 25430 Simple Apple Tree Addition Game https://mamapapabubba.com/2014/09/23/simple-apple-tree-addition-game/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2014/09/23/simple-apple-tree-addition-game/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:17:28 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=23935 Throughout our days together, it’s not unusual for Gracen to come up to me and say something like, ‘Okay, Mama.  There are 3 little ducks swimming in the pond at the park.  2 more ducks come to swim.  How many ducks are there now?’  The girl comes prepared, too.  More times than not, she has… Read More

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