18 Fun Activities To Make Children LOVE MATHS.
Your kids don't like math?
Learning to count, do mental arithmetic, multiply ... Not always easy!
And yet ... With fun activities and games, math can be fun!
Yes, you just need to have fun to learn more easily.
Whether the children are in kindergarten, elementary school and even college, it's always easier with fun math.
here is 18 awesome and easy-to-do activities to make kids finally love math! Look :
1. Learn to count to 20 with beans
For this activity, you only need cups, a felt-tip pen and dried beans.
Start by numbering the cups from 1 to 20.
Then have the children read the number on the cup and place the correct number of beans in each cup.
2. Make additions, subtractions and divisions with UNO cards
Learning the multiplication tables is not very fun ...
And it is even less so when you have to recite them!
But with a UNO game it starts to be a lot more fun.
Take a set of UNO (from which you remove the special cards), Post-It notes and a felt tip pen.
Choose the operations (addition, subtraction or multiplication) and write the sign on a Post-It.
Then ask the children to draw the cards and find the correct result.
Great for mental arithmetic! When you're having fun, it's always easier to learn!
3. Learn to count with colored cereals
Why not start learning something new from breakfast?
For this activity, you need two dice, strips of colored paper and cereals.
Cut out strips of paper in different colors.
To make it even more fun, you can make a little rainbow.
Then, you have to roll the dice and add the two numbers obtained.
From there, the child chooses a color and places the exact number of cereals of the same color.
The object of the game is to put the correct number of cereals of the same color on the colored strip.
4. Easily compare quantities with a crocodile
With this funny crocodile, it's easy to compare 2 quantities!
Just create the comparison sign with colored cardboard.
We can make a crocodile's mouth with 2 big eyes.
And it only remains to make the comparisons between fruits, cars, candies or numbers!
So smaller or bigger? It's simple and awesome!
5. Learn to count to 5 with a caterpillar
This pretty caterpillar is a friend for toddlers to teach them to count to 5.
To do this, you have to draw a caterpillar with 5 empty circles on a white sheet.
You don't even have to be an artist to succeed in your caterpillar!
Number the circles from 1 to 5.
In colored paper, cut 5 circles that you also number from 1 to 5.
Your little one will only have to count by placing each numbered circle on the part of the corresponding caterpillar.
6. Learn numbers by playing toy cars
Children spend hours playing toy cars!
An excellent pretext for teaching them to recognize numbers.
To do this, take a carton of pizza that you open on one side.
With a marker, mark the parking spaces with a number per space.
Also stick a number on each car.
Your child will have to park each car in the parking space corresponding to his number.
7. Recognize numbers and colors with an egg puzzle
Learning numbers and recognizing colors is super easy with this homemade puzzle!
You just have to draw eggs on colored sheets of paper and cut the egg in half.
Then number each egg on one part and draw the corresponding number of dots on the other part.
By association of colors, your little one will be able to easily reconstruct the puzzle, learn to recognize a numbered writing and associate it with a quantity.
8. Find the corresponding number on a clothespin
It is again a question of associating a number with a quantity and knowing how to count up to 10.
This activity will be perfect for children from 4 or 5 years old.
For this activity, you will need 10 clothespins, a large circle or a paper plate.
Each clothespin is numbered from 1 to 10.
Then divide the circle into 10 equal parts in which it remains only to draw the number of stars corresponds to each number.
The child must associate each pin with the part of the corresponding circle.
9. Find out how many scoops of ice cream there are
This is another great counting activity for preschool children.
Draw ice cream cones and scoops on paper of different colors.
Cut them out and mark a number on each cone.
The object of the game is to put the right number of scoops of ice cream on the corresponding cone.
Maybe the winners will get a real ice cream!
10. A number puzzle to learn to count to 10
Know how to count from 1 to 10? Easy !
Print an image and glue it onto card stock.
Cut it into 10 strips that you number from 1 to 10.
Your child must piece together the puzzle using the sequence of numbers.
Not only will your child learn to do a puzzle, but he will also learn to count to 10.
11. Learn to tell the time with a flower clock
It's not easy for children to learn to tell the time!
Fortunately, by turning a clock into a flower, it becomes much easier!
Indeed, each petal corresponds to a number of minutes.
12. Fishing for numbers and letters
Do you have magnetic letters and numbers?
Then you can do this activity for your child.
This will develop his agility and help him recognize letters and numbers.
To do this, just put the numbers and letters in a large bowl.
Take a stick and tie a string to it.
Put a paperclip on the end of the line and your fishing rod is ready!
Your child can go fishing for letters and numbers, which will help them recognize and remember them.
13. The padlock game
Great idea for teaching children to associate a quantity with a number!
Take 3 key locks. On each key, put a number and draw the corresponding number of dots on the padlock.
Now let your child find the right key!
If the padlock opens, it's won!
He will thus learn to associate a number and a quantity and in addition, he will develop his fine motor skills.
It's even funnier if the padlock opens a treasure chest with a little surprise inside!
14. Recognize numbers with cups
Here is a very simple activity to learn to count, but this time to 20.
Draw circles with numbers on a sheet of paper and number the cups.
Your child will have to associate each cup with the corresponding circle.
This game will help him recognize the numbers.
You can even add a little extra difficulty by timing the game!
Children can also be remembered by turning the cups over to hide the number. Like in a memo game!
15. Need help learning the multiplication tables?
This creative idea will appeal to children in elementary school who have to learn their multiplication tables.
Hand shapes should be cut out of colored cardboard or colored foam sheets.
Then on each hand, you have to write the different operations on the fingers and the result in large size on the palm of the hand. For example: 3 x 2 = 6
Then hang your hands on a wall in a staircase, on the fridge ...
This game is super effective for learning multiplication tables because it is very visual and engages the whole body in learning.
Perfect for kids who are on the move! Instead of making the effort to sit at a table, they learn while moving. Plus, every time they go up or down the stairs, they can review their multiplication tables!
16. Calculate with scratch cards
This idea is super original! On a piece of card, write a simple calculation operation.
Hide the result with a piece of scotch tape. Or even better: mix with acrylic paint and a little washing up liquid and apply it on the result.
Once the mixture is dry, have your child solve the calculation.
All he will have to do is scratch the card to discover the result. So right or wrong? It is magic !
17. Learn square numbers with Lego
Need fun tutoring for your grown-up who can't understand squared numbers?
This activity obviously concerns older children, in college in general.
But it is very useful for visualizing squared numbers and understanding them more easily.
All you need to do is take a few Lego bricks, a felt-tip pen and a piece of paper.
For each square number, match the correct Lego combination.
18. Play the merchant to count
Take a few boxes of food out of the cupboard and stick a prize on them.
Create some fake coins out of paper.
The seller's game can then begin.
Your child is playing the role of the customer or the salesperson, it doesn't matter.
The point is that he manipulates the coins to count.
Your turn...
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