Laura Overdeck started doing basic math equations with her children when they were as young as 2. Now her website, bedtimemath.org, offers nightly math stories, where anecdotes about space travel and rubber ducks end with age-appropriate questions, used by tens of thousands of parents.
Some of her fun ways to learn math:
- Create spirograph art - appeals to the artists in kids, while encouraging pattern recognition and counting.
- Play games - Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land show number sequences and build math skills naturally. Older kids can play Scrabble, where the double and triple points.
- Learn with LEGOs - How many dots does this block have? How much of this piece will cover up the other one? Children add, multiply, and get comfortable with numbers in a playful, under-the-radar way.
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