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Math Activities To Have Students Do Over The Summer - By Lumos Learning

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00:03	Well , we are getting to the time of year
00:05	when everybody starts asking me what are some summer math
00:10	activities that I can give my students to do over
00:14	? Break ? Well , I'm Christina to novel the
00:16	recovering traditionalist , and I hope you'll stick around as
00:19	I give you , maybe my unpopular opinion about what
00:24	math activities to have students do over the summer in
00:28	our quest to build our math minds so we can
00:32	build the math minds of our students . Now I
00:35	totally get this request because there is such a thing
00:38	as the summer slide , where kids understandings will slide
00:43	back down during the summer when they're not engaging their
00:47	brains in math and reading and science and social studies
00:51	. And I gotta tell you , I , my
00:55	thought is , Let's have him do nothing . I
00:59	know all of the research about that , but I
01:01	also know they are kids now . This might be
01:06	totally different if you're a high school teacher or whatever
01:09	. I'm talking about our elementary kiddos . They have
01:12	so much time during the school year that they are
01:15	doing school , and I got to tell you ,
01:19	just like us teachers , our students need a break
01:23	as well . So my short answer is , give
01:27	them nothing . Now , if you can't do that
01:31	because you're required to give something that parents are expecting
01:34	something , whatever that might be , I'm going to
01:37	give you my two recommendations . And this is coming
01:40	from an educator from that lens , but also as
01:44	a lens of a parent of four kids who does
01:48	not want to spend the time that they have with
01:51	their kids during the summer , helping them fill out
01:54	those 30 page packets of worksheets . Right ? These
01:59	two things are things that I would love because it's
02:02	things that I feel like I could do as a
02:05	parent and because it helps bring me closer to my
02:08	kids . Typically , those packets or worksheets just split
02:12	us apart because it's like beaten our heads against each
02:15	other . When we're trying to help our kids with
02:17	that homework and doing the packets , I want things
02:21	that are fun to do with my kids , because
02:23	I do . I want them to have fun over
02:25	the summer , all right . My first recommendation is
02:29	to tell them to play games . Now . I'm
02:33	not going to give you a list of games because
02:35	you know it just depends upon what your parents have
02:39	access to . Like if you come from a higher
02:43	SCS kind of school , you can maybe guess that
02:45	parents have access to decks of cards and dominoes ,
02:49	and maybe they have dice to be able to play
02:51	yacht , See all of those kinds of things .
02:53	But if you come from lower SCS , you may
02:56	not be able to assume that parents have access to
02:59	these things . So you need to decide activities and
03:03	games that they could play that don't require parents to
03:07	go out and buy stuff . OK , so keep
03:10	that in mind . The other thing I want you
03:11	to think about when you're trying to give them ideas
03:15	for games is try to make it something that would
03:18	span the grade levels like Don't send home activities that
03:23	are just for your grade level . And I just
03:25	said activities , but I really meant games so don't
03:27	like create these games that are just for fifth grade
03:30	, because there's a lot of parents who have multiple
03:33	age levels of kids , and we can't sit down
03:36	and just play the game with the fifth grader and
03:38	then play the game with the kindergartner and then play
03:40	the game with the third grader , right ? We
03:42	want a game that we can all play together because
03:45	it not only the biggest part for me is that
03:48	it brings my family together . I don't mind doing
03:52	educational things when it also incorporates family time . I
03:56	feel like that . My kids are at school so
03:59	many hours that when they're home with me , I
04:01	want to do family stuff with them or just let
04:03	them do things that they want to go do as
04:06	a child and a kid who wants to go explore
04:08	and play outside all of those fun things . So
04:11	when I'm doing school work , I wanted to also
04:15	be doing things that my family enjoys doing . So
04:19	keep those things in mind . My second recommendation is
04:22	to put together something that would encourage parents to look
04:26	at mathematics in their daily lives like encourage the parents
04:30	to take their kids grocery shopping when they are out
04:34	on a road trip this summer . Encourage them to
04:36	be looking for mathematical things , Even if it's as
04:39	simple as how many cows do you think are out
04:42	in that field ? I think they might not be
04:43	able to count every single one of them , but
04:45	they're making estimates . You know all of those things
04:48	where we can see mathematics in our daily lives .
04:50	I know that I see those and I pull out
04:53	those questions with my own Children . But a lot
04:56	of parents don't realize to do those things . So
04:59	encourage the parents to find mathematics in their daily lives
05:04	so that when kids come back to school , they
05:08	see how mathematics relates to their lives , and they
05:11	are more eager to want to learn it . All
05:14	right . I hope that this video has helped you
05:17	build your math mind so you can go build the
05:20	math minds of your students . Have a great day
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We are getting to the time of year when everyone is asking âWhat summer math activities should I send home with my students?â Watch this short video to keep yourself active with cool & fun math activities

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Math Activities To Have Students Do Over The Summer is a free educational video by Lumos Learning.It helps students in grades 8 practice the following standards 8.SP.1,8.SP.2,8.SP.3.

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