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5 Winter Activities to Warm up Kids' Math Skills

Incorporating math into fun activities is like sneaking vegetables into their pizza sauce. It’s healthy and they don’t even notice! Here are some simple ideas to start the winter season right while building math skills.

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Abracadabra! Find the Magic of Math with These Simple Mathematical Tricks

When we make math simple and fun, kids feel empowered to continue to learn — and that truly is magical! Here are some easy-to-learn illusions that infuse math with magic.

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Celebrate Your Traditions with a Family Time Capsule

Creating a family keepsake time capsule helps children gain more understanding of the world around them. As a bonus, this project also boosts early math concepts as kids notice shapes, patterns and numbers along the way.

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5 Cozy Ways to Add Math to Kids' Bedtime Routines

With counting sheep and cows jumping over the moon, bedtime is full of math traditions and opportunities to use math talk. Find ways to end bedtime battles by sprinkling math into solid nighttime routines.

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How to Make Math Animal Crafts With Paper Plates

Learn how to make a fun paper plate farm animal math craft! In this hands-on activity, your child will create animals with different numbers of legs to practice comparing quantities.

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Make a Colorful Necklace Decorated With Paper Shapes and Practice Counting

Get creative with this shape-counting necklace craft. In this hands-on activity, your child will practice counting, shapes and fine motor skills!

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How to Make a Marble Drop STEM Game Playset With a Recycled Box

In this fun hands-on experiment activity, your kid can practice making hypotheses and recording data like a scientist!

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How to Make an Easy Paper Ladybug Craft

Learn how to make a fun paper ladybug craft with a math twist! Your child will practice counting and subitizing in this simple hands-on craft activity.

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How to Turn Family Movie Night into Math Night

Make some popcorn and grab a seat, because here are a few ways to incorporate math into your next family movie night for the best ticket to a fun family evening.

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How to Make a DIY Superhero Cape and Mask With an Old T-Shirt

In this hands-on craft activity, your child will practice naming shapes while using imagination and becoming a superhero!

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