After mom graciously carried her daughter from 9 to 16 we saw that we would exceed our number line in the next leap, so we paused to figure out what we’d decided. Then 1+3+5=9 wasn’t too bad, but we had a bit of a time keeping the numbers in our heads and had to frequently remind ourselves what we were adding to what. We got 1+3=4 easily, and she leapt from 1 to 4.
Turned out this problem was a bit of a doozy on the stepping stones. If you’ve never done it, stop reading, and go figure out what happens when you add consecutive odd numbers starting at 1. The girl, however, wanted more problems, so I wracked my brain and came up with the sum of odd numbers. We used the really handy wood chips Math on a Stick is covered in as a model for splitting numbers into equal groups. They were duly impressed (or faked it well enough for the sake of my enthusiasm) that there were numbers with billions of digits that can’t be put into equal groups. They kindly indulged me while I pestered them with questions about how they thought about prime numbers and explained about the infinite-ness of primes. Needless to say, I nearly knocked people over in my haste to reach this mom-daughter pair. I even do it willingly because primes are just so flipping neat. One of my Achilles heel’s as a teacher is that my students can always get me off topic by asking questions about prime numbers. They figured out which stones they would not step on if they were skip counting, and stepped on those! (Mom did a lot of carrying her daughter between stepping stones that were too far apart.) Awesome!įor those who know me well, PRIME NUMBERS ARE MY JAM. They even counted PRIME NUMBERS on the stepping stones. Anyhow, he told me this girl was so excited about them that he’d exhausted the problems he usually uses (count by 2s 23 minus 24, etc.). I hope he’ll write up his version of events, because I came in only halfway through. ‘Twas Wednesday evening when Max came over to tell me he’d just had a great experience at the stepping stones with a mom and daughter.
Math on a Stick is blessed to have Max Ray-Riek and Annie Fetter as volunteers, and while I have sadly missed working with Annie this year, I have gotten to spend a fair amount of time there with Max.
Here are some more stories about why it’s so great and then some teacher musings. Click on photos.After the phenomenal time I spent last weekend at Math on a Stick, I signed up for 2 more slots this week – making a total of 4 for this year. The Unofficial Guide to Learning with LEGO Learn with LEGO numbers.Ĭhallenge your kids today to enjoy math by pairing it with heir favorite building bricks. We have a few LEGO themed math worksheets you can find here with our LEGO learning printable pages.īuild LEGO numbers. This is a fun way to take math practice beyond the worksheets or build LEGO numbers to go along with your math worksheets. Take out a bunch of 2×2 bricks as seen as below and make number sentences. Make mathematical signs to add to the fun! Practice adding and subtracting. Take turns creating numbers for each other. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Printable LEGO Ten Frame Math Activityīuild LEGO numbers 0-9 for any combination of math learning activities!Ĭombine numbers to form bigger numbers. I wanted to create a uniform size, so I chose the same width stacked 2 layers high. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Printable LEGO Math Challenge CardsĪ close look at our numbers and you should easily see what you need.
#Perfect layers stick math plus#
Check out how we built our numbers including a plus sign, subtraction sign, and equals sign or design your own!
#Perfect layers stick math movie#
We love using basic bricks to build cool things including our LEGO zip line, catapult, ocean creatures, playing card holders, and even favorite movie characters! A simple collection of the basic brick shapes is all you really need to build LEGO numbers. There are so many ways to learn with LEGO plus we have an awesome new book, The Unofficial Guide to Learning with LEGO out now! BUILD LEGO NUMBERS MATH IDEA Perfect for number recognition, place value, adding, subtracting, and more! make math fun by using your kids favorite building set as part of the learning time. We all know LEGO is awesome for building math skills so why not go ahead and build LEGO numbers! Once you have a set of numbers built, the possibilities are endless.
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