10 Hands-On Math Activities for 9-11 year olds
If you want to start supplementing your child’s math education, but don’t know where to start, you’ve come to the right place! Hands-on math activities should engage your child in a multitude of ways — physically, verbally, aurally and visually, just to name a few. By playing and sharing together, you solidify and reinforce difficult math concepts in a fun way that will help kids love math, not just tolerate it. Here is a list of 10 great options for your 9-11 year old!
Computer Games:
1. Fractions and Decimals – Topmarks
Here you’ll find great games to help your child learn fractions and decimals, including: Magic Math Market, Fraction Beach, Fraction Flags.
2. Shapes, Position and Movement – Topmarks
Activities like Shapes in Space, 3D Exploration, and Sorting on Venn Diagram will capture your child’s attention and imagination.
3. Interactive Tangrams – Interactive Tangrams
A tangram is a puzzle square cut into seven pieces that can be combined to create different figures or shapes. On this site, you can solve different puzzles by turning the shapes, dragging and dropping them into place.
4. Online practice problems – Adapted Mine
Adapted Mine has a ton of practice problems broken down by category and grade. You’ll definitely want to bookmark this site for future use!
Printables, etc.
5. Tangram Zoo – Annenberg Learner
This link is for a group of printable animal figures to create different figures and shapes.
6. Oxford Owls Activity Sheets – Oxford Owl
Here you’ll find activity sheets on decimals, fractions, and place value. There are also several links to literacy eBooks for 9-11 year olds.
Game and Activities
7. Fraction Cubes, Math Fact Bingo and Dominoes – eHow contributor, Shannon Hill
Playing games like math bingo and dominoes will give your child a chance to have fun while staying challenged.
8. Dry Erase Decimal Activity – Snaps for Fourth Grade
This first-time teacher has some great tips and math activities for you to try with your child.
9. Temperature Card Game – Education.com
Your child will learn about negative and positive integers while determining the direction of temperature on a thermometer with this fun card game
10. M&M Math – Our Journey Westward
Who knew that candy could be such a good teaching tool? You’ll find a multitude of math activities your child can do with M&Ms.
Education.com has a ton of game ideas for this age range. Check them out here.
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