Ways to add math to your summer FUN. 

• Cook or bake together and talk about the fractions, temperatures
• Have them cut sandwiches into halves, thirds, or fourths.
• Play board games and have students add the two dice or multiply to help practice math facts while enjoying the game
• Campout in the backyard, and read stories together with a lantern.
• Have a scavenger hunt for finding different shapes on your walk or drive
• Go shopping together and have your child add the price of two items together, or give them a calculator and let them add up the price of ALL the items you are buying.
• Go grocery shopping and have your child do some mental math, by rounding the price to the nearest dollar and mentally add the items.
• Go to a family entertainment event or activity and have your child figure out the cost for 2 or 3 admissions.
• Have your child calculate the miles to your family vacation, the cost of gasoline for the trip, calculate travel time if going 70 miles per hour on average.
• Go to a movie and have your child figure elapsed time based upon the movie times.
• Have your child figure out how many days until their birthday, July 4^th, or any other special event. Ask if there is an easier way to figure it out without counting each individual day.
• Plan a family even and have your child calculate the cost of food for picnic, or concession costs at a movie.