Reflex math game

Gideon likes to play reflex on his iPad. He doesn't add and subtract quickly, but he can do the rules ( e.g. a number - the same number = 0) really quickly, almost as fast as Jake.

Connect the dots

Gideon loves doing connect the dot games. He does games with numbered dots up to 50. He has learned to recognize numbers up to 50 because of that, and is learning to count up to 100.

Wildcraft board game

We often play Wildcraft, a cooperative board game where the players learn about herbs and their uses an cooperation skills. While we played, we would introduce math skills by letting the boys to spin the wheel to find out how many squares to advance, then asking them to double that number to find out how far they could actually go. They would then count out the squares they had to move (from 2 to 12). Gideon was soon doubling numbers up to 6+6 in his head without counting on his fingers.

Life of Fred

We started going through the Life of Fred math textbooks. Gideon enjoyed the stories and the problems. He likes doing math anyways, though, even without the stories.

Problem solving, construction, physical science

Constructing latches out of popsicle sticks and elastic bands to hook things together.

Patterns and shapes

Popsicle stick patterns and shapes.

spatial learning and shapes

Popsicle sticks and clothespins work well for construction, and for exploring concepts like triangles and quadralaterals.