Quickball Math

BrainPOP’s Tally Charts and Bar Graphs

Watch a televised sports game, and keep your own score using tally marks for each team. If you pick a sport with varying point values, like basketball, keep tallies by point value category (free throws, 2-pointers, 3-pointers, etc.). At the end of the game, add up the tally marks in each category. Then multiply by the corresponding point value to figure out the total score in each category. Finally, add the points in all the categories to get the total score for each team.

Make a Venn diagram. Ask family members about things they like, or make a Venn diagram about something else of your choosing. Draw your own diagram or use a Venn diagram template.

Grouping and Grazing Game

Math Magician Game

Take turns facing off with members of your family in a staring contest. How long until the first person cracks a smile or laughs? Who is your family’s staring contest champion?

Use your left or right hand to measure something at home, like the width of the front door or length of a table, by the number of handspans. Compare your handspan with a family member and have this family member measure the same object with their hands for comparison. Who has the bigger handspan? How do the measurements vary?

Toy Theater’s Fishing Game

Create a Bar Graph (Classic)

PBS Kids’ Crack Hacker’s Safe

Certain, Impossible, or Likely Game

Visit the “Stats” section of the Major League Baseball website with your family. Click on “Stats” at the top of the page to look up the batting average (AVG) for players and teams. What is your favorite team? Who is your favorite player on that team? Is he more likely or less likely to hit the ball than his teammates? (Hint: Compare the individual player’s batting average to the overall batting average for his team.)