First let me say that I stole this idea from a 4th grade teacher at the school where I work.
This is probably Teacher 101, but I thought the idea was brilliant.
Zachary does not like math and finds sitting down to do math worksheets excruciating. Sports however he loves. So in a effort to make math more fun and engaging, I bought the kids a $6 kick ball and in permanent marker I drew a bunch of triangles with numbers 1-12 in each triangle. We went out and played catch and added numbers for over an hour and had so much fun! When the ball is caught, you add (or subtract, multiply, etc) the 2 numbers that your thumbs land on. Well worth the $6 investment plus the kids now have another ball to add to their collection. :)
