1. A Day in the Life of a Math Teacher’s Child This little piggy went to market…. How many…?

2. Wake Up! Good Morning Honey, how did you sleep? If you went to sleep at 9:20 and woke at 8:00, how many hours did you sleep? How many more hours did you sleep than me? If you have to get to soccer practice at 10:45, how much time do you have to get ready?

3. Breakfast About how many mouthfuls of cereal do you think it will take to finish the bowl? How long will it take to eat breakfast? Can you find a pattern in your cereal?

4. Shopping with Mom If we eat 3 apples a day, how many apples do we eat in a week? Which is the better buy, juice boxes or a quart? Which bunch of bananas weighs more? If I have $50.00, will I have enough to pay for all this food?

5. Read, Read, Read

6. Mathercise How many jumps can you do in a row? How many jumps can you do in a row? If you jump 20 times with alternate feet, how many times did your left foot hit first? If you jump 20 times with alternate feet, how many times did your left foot hit first? A resting heart rate is about 68 beats per minute, after 10 minutes jumping, how many beats per minute? A resting heart rate is about 68 beats per minute, after 10 minutes jumping, how many beats per minute?

7. Hole Numbers How many ways can you measure a hole? If we plant these seeds in May and it takes 6 weeks to grow, when should we see growth? Plant seeds 8 inches apart. How many holes will fit in a 8 x 10 foot flower bed?

8. Experimentation Let’s make colors…. Let’s make colors…. How many drops of each color will make a new color? How many drops of each color will make a new color? How many drops of water fill a glass? How many drops of water fill a glass?

9. Lunch Time Any plate can become a clock… Any plate can become a clock… What time did you wake up? What time did you wake up? How many hours and minutes have you been awake? How many hours and minutes have you been awake? How long until going to the playground? How long until going to the playground?

10. Counting Calories

11. Play Dates What is the angle of the slide? How many combinations of activities can be done? What is the difference in temperature between the sunny and shady parts of the slide?

12. Measurement Compare & Contrast

13. Estimating About how many balls are in the ball pen? How many basketballs do you think could fit? What was your reasoning? About how many children could play in here safely? How did you decide?

14. Let’s Play School!

15. Currency

16. Making Dinner Cutting into fractions Cutting into fractions Food patterns Food patterns Compare and contrast attributes Compare and contrast attributes Measurement Measurement

17. Sports! Scores! Statistics!

18. Dad’s Home! A football team can earn points in the following manner: touchdown = 6 points field goal = 1 point conversion = 2 pts. safety = 3 points How many possible ways could a team score 19 points?

19. Math on the Move Mental Math Games

20. TV can be educational!

21. Musical Math Quarter notes, half notes…. a definite lead in to fractions! How many more ivory keys than black keys? Do you see or hear a pattern? Math facts to a beat!

22. Family Fun!

23. Mathematics is hiding on every page of a book! Just look….

24. Counting Sheep in your Sleep