November 2021 – Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math

Advent Math Activity Calendars

Posted on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 by Denise Gaskins

Once again, the delightful Nrich Maths website offers a seasonal selection of activities to encourage your children’s (and your own!) mathematical creativity.

Click the images below to visit the corresponding December Math Calendar pages.

For Primary Students

Here are twenty-four activities for elementary and middle school, one for each day in December during the run-up to Christmas.

2021 Primary Advent Calendar

When you get to the Nrich website, click a number to go to that day’s math.

For Secondary Students

Here are twenty-four favorite activities for middle and high school, one for each day in December in the run-up to Christmas.

2021 Secondary Advent Calendar

When you get to the Nrich website, click a number to go to that day’s math.

More Holiday Math

I encourage you also to explore my HUGE holiday math post:

Holiday Math Puzzles and Activities for Christmas, Winter Break with an abundance of mathy activities to play with your kids.

Or check out these pages for more ideas:

Colleen Young has just updated her list of Mathematical Advent Calendars.

And she’s collected a whole page of Christmas Math Resources.

Sonya Post hosted the Let It Snow Carnival of winter math ideas.

Have fun playing math with your kids!

CREDITS: “Peanuts Christmas Panorama” photo [top] by Kevin Dooley via Flicker. (CCBY2.0)

“Black Friday” Shopping Season Discount

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Denise Gaskins

‘Tis the season for discount sales. I usually ignore the annual Black Friday push, because NOT shopping is an even better way to save money.

But this year, my publishing company Tabletop Academy Press has decided to join in the fun.

So if you’re looking for new math activities to play with your kids, I’ve just added several new books and discount bundles to our online store — including a huge variety of math journaling resources.

And for the next week or so, you can get 15% off anything in our store by using the coupon code TABLETOP15 at checkout.

Including:

Let’s Play Math, my original book on families learning math together
The Big Bundle of Geometric Coloring Designs, creative ways to play with math art
Diffy Inception Bundle, subtraction puzzles from primary math to prealgebra
Journaling Pages for Adventurous Students, in beautiful full color or ink-saving black & white
The Great Quotations Bundle, get your students writing about education and life
and the Math Journal Task Cards Mega-Bundle, my newest collection of playful math activities

But act fast! The discount code expires December 5th.

Math Game Monday: The Great Escape

Posted on November 15, 2021January 26, 2022 by Denise Gaskins

This cooperative game challenges students to use their number skills in escaping from a WWII prisoner of war camp.

“The Great Escape” is an excerpt from Prealgebra & Geometry: Math Games for Middle School, which is available as an ebook at my publisher’s store (where you get all formats for one low price, and I earn higher no-middleman royalties) or through other online retailers, or by special request through your local library. Read more about my playful math books here.

The Math Game Monday posts will be available for one week only. If you missed this one, explore the links in the sidebar. There are more than forty free games scattered around the blog. Have fun playing math with your kids!

Math Game Monday: The Ten Cards

Posted on November 8, 2021January 17, 2022 by Denise Gaskins

This strategy game is fun for all ages. It’s a classic, from the imaginative mind of H. E. Dudeney.

“The Ten Cards” is an excerpt from Math You Can Play Combo: Number Games for Young Learners, which is available as an ebook at my publisher’s store (where you get all formats for one low price, and I earn higher no-middleman royalties) or through other online retailers, or by special request through your local library. Read more about my playful math books here.

Math Game Monday: Connect Four

Posted on November 1, 2021January 17, 2022 by Denise Gaskins

This delightful hundred-chart game features a perfect balance of number patterns and strategic thinking.

“Connect Four” is an excerpt from 70+ Things To Do with a Hundred Chart: Number, Shape, and Logic Activities from Preschool to Middle School, which is available as an ebook at my publisher’s store (where you get all formats for one low price, and I earn higher no-middleman royalties) or through other online retailers, or by special request through your local library. Read more about my playful math books here.