- If your child knows that 4 quarters is 1 dollar, can he figure out what 6 quarters is?
- Ask your child to estimate the height of a tree by estimating how much higher it might be than an 8′ fence next to it.
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Find ways to collect and organize information
- Read sports score tables, weather charts, and other common numerical information you find in the news.
- As you’re shopping, compare the amounts in the Nutrition Facts on packaged foods or the amounts in various containers of similar products.
- Take measurements for a project around the house. How many inches are there? How many feet? How many yards
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Some family games that help develop math skills:
- At this age kids are developing more complex ways of reasoning — they like strategic thinking games like checkers, chess, Monopoly, and Clue.
- Dominoes
(These suggestions came from: http://www.dreambox.com/parent-tips-second-grade.)