Summer session follow up 6/25

It was great to see a friendly face in person, even if mostly covered (Thanks!). 

Here are a few (relatively) painless ways to keep the math going between sessions.

The first is the card game that we've been playing for a while. In case you don't remember it well enough to teach it to a family member ... here's a description and a link to a video of it being played.
Bonds! (demonstration video)

This game can be used to practice Addition facts or Multiplication (the video link above demonstrates both.) To set up for this game, remove the Jacks, Queens, and Kings, but leave in the Aces (they’ll be 1’s) and the Jokers (as wild cards). Set out 9 cards in 3 rows of 3; face up. Look for a set of 3 cards that make a multiplication (or addition, for younger children) fact (2x4=8, you could take the 2, 4, and 8). **For facts that give a product, or answer, that is two digits, the third card in the set should be the digit in the ones place (3x4=12, you could take the 3, 4, and 2). The last version in the video is a variation in which players take turns. On your turn, you say the card that is in the ones place of the product. (The full fact must be present.) The other player can use any fact that works; it doesn’t have to be the same one that you see.

Reminder: we play the multiplication version. **Warning to anyone playing against Skylar, she's getting quite good, and likes to win.**

From the links to the right, "Clear It: Multiplication" and "Make 24" both take a good bit of thinking and some levels are pretty hard. They practice fact knowledge, without just being rote flashcards, as such they take a bit more time, but also more thinking. They help get the fact stored (and recalled) from a better part of the brain.

Finally, any of the bottom 4 links from the list on the right could be good; especially the last one (it is new and will take some really careful thinking!) You can do it if you really work at it! I believe in you!

Have a great week! See you next Thursday.
Tom