1. Find all the different ways you can divide a deck of cards into equal amounts with no cards left over. Write division sentences to show the different ways you found. Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 5th Grade 2. What number am I? I am > 3,449 and I am < 3,502. I have a 1 in my ones place and a zero in my tens place. Create your own number riddle. 3. Write two different number sentences that are equal to 48. Each number sentence must contain the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). 4. A cantaloupe weighs 56 ounces. There are 16 ounces in a pound. How many pounds does the cantaloupe weigh? 5. Linda is going to have new flooring put in her bedroom. If her bedroom is 8 feet by 10 feet how many square feet of flooring will be needed? What is the perimeter of Linda s bedroom? 6. Imagine you are sharing 1 giant cookie among yourself and 5 friends. If you share it fairly, what fraction will each friend receive? 7. Ben has 6 square tiles. Each tile has a width of 8 inches. He lays the tiles down in a long row. What is the perimeter of the row of tiles? 8. Name some capital letters that when printed have at least one pair of parallel lines. Did you find any that have two pair of parallel lines? 15. Mia drank 3 quarts of water at the playground. How many more 8 oz. cups does she need to drink to make a gallon? How many more total ounces is that? 22. Look at the stripes on the American Flag. What fraction represents the number of red stripes? What fraction represents the number of white stripes? 9. Make a meter stick out of materials around your home using a ruler as a benchmark. What can you find that is 1 meter long? 16. What number am I? The digits in my number are 3, 8, 4, and 1. I am odd. I have a 4 in my hundreds place. I am less than 2,000. Create your own riddle. 23. Draw a picture to show 114. What mixed numeral is another name for 114? 10. Start with 3,542. Add 100 more. Subtract 50. Add 8. What s your number? Is this a square number? Make your own number problem. 17. Find the area of your bedroom floor. What room in your house could have twice the area of your bedroom? Half the area of your bedroom? Check. 24. Round each of the following numbers to the nearest hundred. 7,342 959 8,099 5,043 439 11. Jose swam 3 laps each day and Micah swam four times as many laps as Jose each day. How many laps did Micah swim in 7 days? 18. A tree was planted 36 years before 1971. How old is the tree in the year 2010? How old will this tree be when you graduate from high school? 25. How many lines of symmetry does a circle have? Explain your thinking. 12. Sophia runs twice as fast as her friend Mia. If Mia runs 3 mph, how long will it take Sophia to run 6 miles? 9 miles? 19. Make the largest and the smallest numbers you can using 4, 1, 7, 8, 5 and 2. Find their difference and their sum. 26. Draw your own comic strip about time. 13. What number is 10 more than 4,492? What number is 300 more than 4,830? What number is 500 more than 4,654? 20. Go on a 3-D scavenger hunt. How many cylinders, pyramids, cubes, rectangular prisms, and cones can you find today? Create a table with your data. 27. Design a symmetrical robot that would do your math homework for you. Describe what function keys your robot would have. 14. Tyler sent a package with one 60 cent stamp, four 32 cent stamps, three 25 cent stamps, and four one cent stamps. What was the total postage on the package? 21. Determine the pattern. What comes next in each pattern? 1, 1, 2, 4, 7, 4, 9, 16, 25, 49, 64 Make your own pattern. 28. A student said that ¾ and 5/6 are the same size because they both have one piece missing. Do you agree? Explain. Draw a picture to explain your answer.
1. Your summer camp is going to a Bluefish baseball game. If there are 33 kids and 6 kids fit in each van, how many vans do you need to take? 8. Symmetry is all around us in nature and in our home. Find 5 items that have at least one line of symmetry 15. Mark is making a stained glass window. He put two pieces of stained glass. The pieces have angle measures total measure of the angle formed by the two pieces? 22. Jackie volunteers at a food bank. There are 2,846 meals to give away to needy families. Each family is allowed 4 meals. How many families will receive meals? Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 5th Grade 2. If vowels cost $15 each and consonants cost $50 each, write a word that would cost $230 to build. 9. Find a recipe for a favorite food such as chocolate chip cookies. Write down the fractions and mixed numbers in order from least to greatest. 16. Write a word problem whose answer is 154. Have someone solve the problem. 23. What is the missing digit in this equation: 3. Count the number of televisions and phones you have in your home. Tell as much as you can about the number. (prime/composite, multiples, factors). 10. Make a set of flash cards of multiplication facts. Practice your facts with a friend. 17. Kate s garden is in the shape of a square with a perimeter of 32 feet. What is the area of her garden 24. What are the missing multiples: 6,,, 24, 30, 36,, 48, 4. Write and solve a summer story problem for 15 x 8. 11. Identify and classify angles: acute (less than 90 ) obtuse (greater than 90 ), right (90 ) in everyday things (buildings, bridges, furniture ) 18. Round 756,072 to the nearest hundred. Write a number that is greater than 756,072 that rounds to that same number. 25. Ray has a pizza divided into 8 slices. He ate 3 slices. Kate has a pizza that same size but she at ¼ of the pizza. Who ate more pizza? 5. Measure your height. How many inches are you? 12. Write down the numbers you see on 2 license plates. Create 4 math problems with these numbers. 19. Write a fraction and a decimal for the model shown. 26. Measure your garden hose in feet. About how many yards is this? (Hint: 3 feet make a yard) 6. Make three different arrays to show the factor pairs of 16. 13. Would you rather have your height be made of a stack of nickels or quarters, lined up end to end? How much would you be worth? 20. Find the starting time of a movie. If it takes you 20 minutes to drive to the theater and 25 minutes to get your ticket and popcorn, what time should you leave your home in order to be seated before the movie begins? 27. Draw a design using symmetry 7. Aaron is planting a garden in his backyard. The length of the garden is 6 feet and width is 9 feet. What is the area of the garden? What is the perimeter? 14. Place a plastic bowl on the floor and stand 20 steps away. Toss a coin in the bowl and record how many times it lands inside it. Express this as a fraction. Repeat. 21. Using an empty milk carton and a measuring cup, determine how many cups make a gallon. How many cups would you need to fill 8 gallons? 28. If a water bottle holds 45100 liters of water, how many water bottles can you fill with 910 liters of water?
. 1. In your journal show an array for both 6 x 4 and 8 x 3. 8. Find the perimeter and area of your front or back door. Record and explain. Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 4th Grade 2. In your journal show 12 pennies divided so that 4 are in each group 9. Name two fractions that are greater than ½. Show you know these fractions are greater. 3. What time is it now? What time will it be in 6 ½ hours? What time was it 15 minutes ago? 18 minutes ago?. 10. Draw a picture that only uses geometric shapes. Identify as many shapes as possible. 4. Practice division facts 11. Write and solve a summer story problem for this number sentence. 37 + 178= 5. If the movie actually began at 7:05 and finished at 8:45, how much time elapsed? If you left home at 6:35 and returned at 9:05, how long were you out? 12. If you double your age, how old would you be? How old would you be if you tripled your age? 6. Survey 10 people about their favorite ice cream or popsicle flavor. Create a pictograph to show the results. Remember to use a key. 13. Make flash cards for the multiplication combinations you are working on. Practice! 7. With your parent make a list of items to get at the grocery store. Estimate the cost. Add up the cost after you buy them. Calculate the difference. 14. List at least 5 different combinations of coins that would add up to 25 cents. 15. A truck driver needs to deliver 806 packages. In the morning he delivered 336 packages and in the afternoon he delivered 290 packages. How many more packages still need to be delivered? 22. Linda is going to have new flooring put in her bedroom. If her bedroom is 8 feet by 10 feet, how many square feet of flooring is needed? What is the perimeter of Linda s bedroom? 16. List all of the multiplication equations to show how you could arrange 24 chairs. 23. Ben has 6 square tiles. Each tile has a width of 8 inches. He lays the tiles down in a long row. What is the perimeter of the row of tiles? 17. If you get up at 7:30 and need to be at your friend s house at 8:15, how much time do you have to get ready if it takes you ten minutes to walk there? 24. The sum of two 2- digit numbers is 87. What could the two 2- digit numbers be? 18. Use a ruler to draw a 3 cm by 4 cm rectangle. Then find its perimeter. Now finds its area. Be sure to label your answers. Now find the area and perimeter of a square that has sides that are 5 inches long. 25. Make the largest and the smallest numbers you can using 4, 1, 7, 8, 5, and 2. Find their difference and their sum. 19. Use the numbers 4, 5, 3, and 2 and any operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to create at least 10 story problems that all have different answers. Share them with a friend, sibling, or parent. 26. If you rode your bike 34 of a mile today and 38 of a mile yesterday, which day did you go farther? Show how you know 20. Write down your address. Add 256 to the number in your address. Then add 38 more. 27. Practice multiplication and division facts. 21. Use the digits 2, 3, and 4 to make the largest and the smallest 3 digit numbers. Find the difference using a subtraction strategy. 28. You have traveled 138 miles. How far do you need to go if the total trip is 220 miles? Show your solution.
1. Practice your multiplication and division facts for 5. Think about the numbers on the clock when you do so. 8. Create a poem about math using as many math vocabulary words as you can. 15. Lisa has 4 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. How many crayons in all? 22. Roll 4 dice together and add to find the sum or multiply and find the product. Record the answers. Do this 10 times. Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 4th Grade 2. Ethan kept track of the weather for 365 days. It was cloudy 178 days. How many days were not cloudy? 9. The grocer had 137 green apples and 93 red apples. On Thursday he sold 89 apples. How many apples does the grocer have left? 16. A rubber band was 7 cm long at first. Now it is stretched to be 28 cm long. How many times longer is the rubber band than it was at first? 23. 6 x 4 6 x 5 6 x 6 6 x 7 What clues help you? Skip count by 6s forward and backward. 3. What time is it now? What time will it be in 45 minutes? Record. 10. Show 23 on a number line. Show 58 on a number line. 17. Laura is making cupcakes. They need to bake for 45 minutes. She put them in the oven at 5:40 p.m. At that time should she take them out? 24. I am thinking of an even number. It is greater than 7 x 6 and less than 6 x 10. It has a factor of 7. What numbers can I be? 4. If you get up at 6:00 a.m. and need to be at a friend s house by 10:45 a.m. how much time has passed between the two times? 11. Joe and Amelia grow tomatoes in their garden. Joe picked 59 tomatoes and Amelia picked 45. If they used 75 to make pasta sauce how many do they have left? 18. Select ten items from a grocery flyer and find the total cost of the items. Calculate how much change you would receive from a one hundred dollar bill. 25. Compare the fractions below. Use the symbols >, =, or < to record your comparisons. Draw a picture to illustrate your answer. 2/6 and 5/6 1/2 and 1/3 5. Use a ruler to draw a rectangle measuring 12 cm long and 4 cm wide. Find the area and perimeter. 12. A chef is cooking chicken in a restaurant. The recipe says you need 5 minutes for every pound. How many minutes will it take to cook 12 pounds of chicken? 19. Write multiplication and division combinations for 6, 7, and 42. Write a word problem to go with these equations. 26. 4 x 4 4 x 5 4 x 6 4 x 7 What clues help you? Skip count by 4s forward & backward. 6. Roll 2 number cubes. Multiply the two numbers and find the product. Record. (Do this 25 times) Create a bar graph to show the results. Describe your data. 13. What number do you add to 74 to get 100? What are 2 numbers you can add to 245 to get 300? 245+ + = 300 20. 8 x 4 8 x 5 8 x 6 8 x 7 What clues help you? Skip count by 8s forward & backward. 27. 60 5 = 55 = 5 50 5 = 45 = 5 35 5 = What s your strategy? 7. Write a story problem that can be solved using the number sentence 9 x 3 =. Share it with a friend, sibling, or parent. 14. Cara wants new carpeting for her bedroom. Her bedroom is an 9 ft by 6 ft rectangle. How much carpeting does she need to buy to cover her entire bedroom floor? 21. When rounding to the nearest ten, what is the smallest whole number that will round to 50? The largest? How many different whole numbers round to 50? 28. Complete the problems using >, <, =: 471 147 19 + 7 9 + 20 4 x 9 6 x 6
1. Draw a line that is 10 cm long. Then draw one that is 3 cm shorter. Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 3rd Grade 2. Draw a picture to show 12 + 5 = 17. 3. How many quarters make $5.00? How many dimes? Nickels? Do you notice any patterns? 4. Roll two dice and practice addition and subtracting by adding or subtracting the two numbers. 5. Jenn is 53 inches tall. Deb is 48 inches tall. Who is taller? How tall is each girl in feet? 6. Write the numbers 1-100 by 3s. What patterns do you see? 7. You have 10 dollars to spend. Find something in the newspaper fliers you can buy. How much does it cost? How much change will you get? 8. Pick three objects in the house that measure less than a foot. Measure them in inches and centimeters. 9. Find 5 places where you see fractions being used 10. Measure and record your height in inches and centimeters. How many feet are you? How many meters? 11. Write the numbers 1-100 skip counting by 7s 12. Write a number story to go with 17-9 = 8. 13. Record the temperature outside in the early morning. Do it again in the late afternoon. How many degrees did it change? 14. Solve 432 + 318 using multiple strategies. 15. Place the numbers 1-6 in each circle once making sure that the sums of each side match the sum of the other sides. 22. While doing some summer reading, note what page you started reading from and what page you ended on. What is the difference? 16. Use the numbers 2, 3, 1, and 7 to write the largest number and then the smallest number. Explain to a family member how you know you have made the largest number. 23. How much less than 52 is 36? 17. Have someone time you jumping on one foot for a minute. Count the number of times you jump. Double the number. 24. Divide things in halves, thirds, and fourths: sandwich, waffle, cracker, pancakes, cookies, apple, etc. Draw a picture to show three of the things you chose and how you divided them. 18. Would a dog be 2 feet tall or 20 feet tall? Explain how you know that. 25. Take a handful of coins. Sort them by name and create a bar graph to show your data. Remember your graph must have a title and labels on each axis. Write 3 facts that you notice about your data. 19. Which is greater; 32-8 or 27 + 3? How do you know? 26. What is the sum of 46 and 55? 20. You have the following: 3 one dollar bills 2 quarters 3 dimes 4 pennies How much does that total? 27. Write a 3 digit number. Circle the number in the thousands place. Put a square around the number in the tens place. 21. Write down the numbers 1-100. Then start counting by 5 s circle all those numbers purple. Now start counting by 6 s. Circle all those in red. What do you see? 28. Below is part of a hundreds chart. Fill in the missing numbers.
1. Compare each pair of numbers. Write the correct comparison symbol (> or <) in each circle. 915 O 951 188 O 197 411 O 401 8. Create a poem about math using as many math vocabulary words as you can. 15. Kevin swam 14 laps on Monday. He swam 13 laps on Tuesday. Kevin is 8 years old. How many laps did Kevin swim altogether? 22. Use the number sentence 7 + 6 = 13. Write a story problem to go with it. Now make up a number sentence of you own and try again Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 3rd Grade 2. How many 2 digit numbers can you think of whose digits add together to total 11. (ex. 92; 9+2 = 11) 9. Create a Fact Triangle draw a triangle on your paper. Then put in your favorite addition fact. Write the fact family that goes with the triangle. 16. Can you grow and shrink in one day? Outside make an X with chalk for your feet to stand on. Trace your shadow at 8 am, noon, and 8 pm. What do you notice? 23. Order these numbers from largest to smallest: 66, 295, 410, 28, 149, 1, 630, 4, 972, 48, 533 3. Think of 5 numbers between 230 and 250. 10. Find an analog clock (a clock with a face) and read the time of day to a family member 17. Draw coins to show more than one way to make 27. 24. Compare using <, >, or =. 97+100 200-4 498 250+250 48+160 370-80 4. Look around your house and identify geometric shapes (polygons, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, triangle). Identify their attributes (sides, faces, corners). 11. The 3 numbers in my family are 8, 4, and 12. What two addition and two subtraction sentences can you make? 18. Dan went to the zoo with his Mom, his 11 year old brother and his 7 year old sister. It costs $7.00 for adults and $3.00 for kids. How much did it cost to get into the zoo? 25. Explain two different ways to add 170+38+12. 5. Use the digits 5, 7, 8. What is the smallest number you can create? The largest? 12. Set the table for dinner. How many utensils will you need for 6 plates? 8 plates? Can you figure out how many utensils you would need for 12 plates? 19. Solve this riddle: A pencil costs 40 cents. Joe buys 1 pencil and gets back a nickel in change. Joe pad for the pencil with 3 coins. Show or name the coins. 26. Write as many coin combinations as you can that equal $1.00 using nickels, dimes and quarters. 6. Position the numbers 1-12 so that each row and diagonal has the sum of 26. 13. Solve 85 47. Use more than 1 strategy. 20. Write these numbers in expanded and number form: five 27. Write down the number 1-100 Count by 10s. Circle each answer red. Count by 5s. Circle each answer blue. Which numbers have two colors? 7. Find a deck of cards. Use Face cards as 10 and the Aces as 0. Turn over four cards and add them up. Try to do it in your head using mental math. 14. I am thinking of an odd number. It is greater than 33 and less than 40. You say it when you skip count by 5s. What number am I? 21. Think about the number 461. What is 10 more? What is 10 less? What is 100 more? What is 100 less? 28. How many different ways can you cut this rectangle into fourths? Are they all equal?
1. Look inside a grocery store flier. Cut out the most expensive item and paste it on new paper. How much money would you need for 2 of them? 8. Draw a clock face. Draw the hands to show what time you go to bed. 15. Tell an adult an addition story problem to go with 4 + 8. Now tell a subtraction story problem for 12 4. 22. Use quarters, dimes, and nickels to make $1.00. How many different ways can you make $1.00? Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 2nd Grade 2. Count the dollars and coins saved. Brainstorm items that you could buy with the amount. 9. Create a number line outside with sidewalk chalk. Call out a number and have your child jump on that number. Make up directions such as hop to the number that is two less or jump to the number that is four more. 16. Make a 3-D shape using mini marshmallows and toothpicks. How many corners does your shape have? How many edges? 23. Line up 3 different objects. Record the order. Now change the order. How many different ways can you line them up? 3. Draw a picture of your family from shortest to tallest. Label each one. 10. Take a deck of cards and remove the face cards. Aces are one. Each player flips over a card. The first one to add the 2 numbers correctly wins the cards. After going through the pile of cards, the player with the most cards wins. 17. Cut out grocery store coupons your family may use. Sort into categories. Which has the most, least? 24. Divide things in halves and fourths: sandwich, waffle, cracker, pancakes, cookies, apple, etc. Draw a picture to show three of the things you chose and how you divided them. 4. Look for geometric shapes in the real world, such as street signs, boxes, cans, construction cones, and so on. 11. Construct polygons using drinking straws and twist-ties from plastic storage bags. 18. I m 7 years old & my sister is 11. Who is younger? How much younger? I have 32 stickers and my sister has 9. Who has more? How many more? 25. Find the temperatures for this past week. Record. Find the temperature for Fort Pierce, FL this past week. Compare. What do you notice? 5. Three numbers in my fact family are 7, 3, and 10. What are 3 addition and 2 subtraction sentences you can make using these numbers? 12. 7+7 7+8 8+8 8+9 9+9 9+10 What clues help you solve these problems. 19. Look for five different places you see numbers inside or outside your house. Draw one of the items & circle the numbers. 26. Use non-standard units (paper clips, pretzels, etc.) to measure the length of an object. 6. Use the number 87. Decompose the number into tens and ones. How many ways can you show 87 using tens and ones? 13. Estimate the length of string you d need to fit around a ball. Without measuring, cut the string that you think will work. Test your prediction. What did you notice? 20. Go on a Shape Hunt! What shapes can you find that are threedimensional around the house? What makes them 3D? 27. Write as many number sentences as you can that have 14 for an answer. 7. I have a machine that adds 5 to every number I put in. If I put in 4, what comes out? If I put in 16, what comes out? 14. Make a collection of objects: coins, rocks, seeds, etc. Put them into groups of tens. How many objects do you have in your collection? Write about your collection 21. Ask someone to read you a book. Record the start time and end time. 28. What number comes after 16? What number comes before 30? What numbers come before and after 57?
1. Blow a marble, a bottle cap, and a pencil across a table or the floor. Measure how far they go. Which goes the farthest? By how much? 8. Do a yes/no survey asking friends and relatives Do you like the rain? Circle which side has the most. 15. If you see 8 people, how many eyes would you see? If there are 30 toes under the table, how many people are sitting at the table? Record and explain. 22. Jump 3 times; once like a bunny, once like a frog, and once like a child. Measure each jump. Which was the longest? Shortest? What is the difference? Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 2nd Grade 2. Count by 2s to 50 starting at 12. Count by 10s to 64, starting at 4. What did you notice about the numbers you say? 9. Solve. I had 4 shells. I got 2 more. I got 3 more. I lost 2. How many shells do I have? Record and explain your thinking. 16. Roll 2 dice. Add the two digits to find a sum. Do this 20 times. What sum did you get the most often? 23. I am 7 years old and my sister is 14. Who is younger? How much younger? I have 16 stickers and my sister has 9. Who has more? How many more? 3. Ask someone at home to time how long you can hop on your right foot, then your left. Which foot could you hop on longer? How much longer? 10. Count backwards from 30 to 0. Count backwards by 10s from 80 to 0. Count backwards by 5s from 40 to 0. 17. Cut out a picture from a flier or old magazine. Glue to a blank paper. Write a math story problem for the picture. 24. Make up and write a word problem about the pool (example: 14 children were at the pool. 5 were in the water. How many were not in the water?). Draw a picture and show a number sentence you could use to solve the problem. 4. How many different ways can you use pennies, nickels and dimes to make 25 cents; to make 50 cents. Record all the ways. 11. Sort the laundry into categories (by owner, by size, by color, or by item type) What do you observe about the piles? 18. Grab a handful of coins. Sort them and find the value 25. Hiding game: Get 7 pennies. Put some in 1 hand and some in the other hand. Show 1 hand and have an adult figure out how many are in that hand. Switch roles. Play 10 times. 5. Make dots to match the numbers 1-10. Use the dots from your favorite number and turn it into a picture. 12. How many books do you have? First, make an estimate. Then count them. How close was your estimate? 19. On a trip, make a list of colors. Put a tally mark next to each color when you find a car that color. Discuss which color has the most, least, same number, etc. 26. Get a pile of coins. Show all the ways to make 15 cents. How do you know you have them all? 6. Create an addition number story. Create a subtraction number story. 13. What number comes after 27? What number comes before 50? Make up your own what comes after, what comes before and ask a friend or relative to solve your problem. 20. 0+1 1+1 2+1 3+1 4+1 and 19+1 What patterns do you see? Why? 27. Use these numbers in a story problem: 18, 9, 9. Write you own problem for a friend or relative to solve. 7. Put a collection of dimes, nickels, and pennies on the table. Pick up a handful of coins. Record how much money you have in your hand. 14. I have a machine that adds 5 to every number I put in. If I put in 4, what comes out? If I put in 15, what comes out? Record. 21. Play a board game. 28. Play a game. Connect Four or Dominoes
1. Go to a store or market with an adult. Make a list of all the fruits you would eat. Sort them by color. Count the number of fruits in each color 8. Take a walk outside. Record on paper how many insects, birds, and mammals you see. 15. Play a board game that uses dice. Does any one of the numbers get rolled more than others? Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 1st Grade 2. Keep track of the weather this week. How many sunny days? Rainy days? Cloudy days? How many more sunny days than rainy days? 9. Count how many steps it takes to get from your room to the kitchen. Then try giant steps. How many more regular steps did it take? 16. Before putting the groceries away, sort them into piles. Count the number of objects in each pile. 3. Build something with blocks or Legos. Decide how many you will use. Tell someone about the shapes you have made. 10. Sort the laundry (by owner, by color, by size, by item type). Who in your family had the most socks in this load? 17. Tell a friend a story problem for 3+2. Then try a story to go with 5-2. 4. Help set the table for a meal. How many people are there? How many forks, spoons, and knives do you need? 11. Count 20 objects (Cheerios? raisins? rocks?). Now make a pile of 15 from that 20. How many are still left? 18. Jump 3 times, once like a bunny, once like a frog, and once like a child. Measure each jump. Which jump was the shortest? Longest? 5. Swing 50 times or jump 50 times. How long did it take? Can you count backwards? 12. When you go out, count how many people are wearing short and long pants and compare. Why might that change on another day? 19. Try a game like basketball, bowling, or mini golf. Help keep score. Who had the most points? Is that the winner? 6. Make a picture using 2 circles, 3 triangles, and some rectangles. Explain how you made it to a friend. 13. Write your first and last name. How many letters in each? How many more letters in your long name than in your shorter one? 20. Go on a Shape Hunt! What shapes can you find that are threedimensional around the house? What makes them 3D? 7. Look in your food storage. Find 5 boxes of different sizes in your kitchen (cereal? pasta?) Line them up from tallest to shortest. 14. Play a game that uses dice. Practice your addition facts that equal 6. 5+1 4+2 3+3 Are there more? 21. Sort the different kind of fruit snacks into groups based on color. Is there another way to sort? Why or why not? 22. Draw a picture to show this problem: I made 8 hot dogs. The kids ate 4 of them. How many are left? Can you make your own picture problem? 23. Help prepare drinks for your family. Put the same number of ice cubes in each glass. How many ice cubes were used all together? 24. Count forward to 100 by ones and tens. 25. Look at a picture book. In the pictures try to describe the picture using numbers. For example, There are THREE dogs and TWO cats. 26. Use a deck of cards without the face cards and Aces. Draw 5 cards and put in order from least to greatest or greatest to least. 27. Play a game that uses dice. Practice your addition facts that equal 9. 4+5 6+3 Are there more? 28. Start a collection of rocks or shells. Estimate how many fit in your hands? Count to see. Put them in order from smallest to largest
1. How many utensils do you think you have? Make a picture graph to show how many forks, knives, and spoons you have in your utensil drawer. 8. Roll two dice. Use the numbers shown to practice adding and subtracting. 15. Try counting by tens forward and backward to one hundred. Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 1st Grade 2. Use a bag of Skittles, M&Ms, or Reese s candy and sort by colors. Which color has the most? The least? Are there any colors that have the same amount? 9. Randomly write the numbers 1-20 on a piece of paper. Call out a number and have the child place a penny on it. Repeat until all numbers are covered with pennies. 16. Find five things in the house that are the shape of a circle. 3. Look at a calendar. How many days are left until school begins? 10. This time write down all the possible combinations that equal 10 (or 6). 17. Practice writing numbers. How high can you go? Are they in correct order? 4. Make a picture using 3 circles, 4 triangles, and a shape with more then 4 sides. 11. A question a day: Find 3 things around the house that are circles (squares, triangles, etc.). 18. Play Simon Says with your family. Use words like over, under, behind, beside, between 5. Count by 1 s and 10 s while skipping, jumping, jumping rope, snapping, etc. 12. Use a pencil. Find things around the house that are longer than the pencil. 19. Read a book of your choice. What math ideas do you find in it? 6. As you walk or drive in the car, try to find all the numbers 0,1,2,3 in order. How many do you see along the way? How high can you go? 13. Practice counting on from numbers other than one. Start at 4 Start at 17.. Start at 32.. Can you count backwards? 20. Draw a picture of 4 flowers. Add 4 more to the picture. How many are there? 7. Bring different size containers to a place with sand or dirt. Fill them up and compare their weights. Build a sand castle. How many hands high is it? 14. Make a list of all the (2D) shapes you can think of (circle, oval, square, rectangle, rhombus). Go on a scavenger hunt looking for those shapes. Check off the shapes you find. 21. Pick 6 of your toys. Put them in order from largest to smallest. 22. Draw a picture of 10 birds. Then show 2 flying way. Show how many are left. 23. Go outside and look for things that are different shapes. Can you find a circle, square, and a triangle? 24. Draw a picture of 5 dogs. Count the legs. How many legs are there? 25. Count how many days there are till school starts? 26. Draw a picture of your family. Count them. How many hands does your family have? 27. Practice counting backwards from big numbers. Start at 27. Try starting at 40. 28. How many footsteps does it take to get from your bedroom to the kitchen?