At bedtime we all think.. “Time to read or tell a story..” but have you ever thought about incorporating some math into your bedtime routine? No? Me either, honestly. Until now.
Summer is fast approaching and we’re always looking for ways to keep our kids on their toes and learning.
A Princeton trained astrophysicist turned Mom is on a mission to make math fun for kids. Every night she posts a short blog with 3 math problems, varying in levels.
Playing off of the recent Kentucky Derby, here is an example of a recent set of problems:
Wee ones: If your horse can jump over objects 4 feet tall, and you’re 3 feet tall, can your horse jump over you?
Little kids: If during practice you and your horse jump over 2 fences, 9 ditches and 4 rows of bushes, how many obstacles did you guys jump? Bonus: How many more ditches did you jump than everything else put together?
Big kids: If your horse can long-jump 16 feet, and a sandbox is 4 1/2 feet long, how many end-to-end sandboxes can your horse clear completely? Bonus: If your horse needs 32 feet of a running head start for each 16-foot jump, how many sandboxes can your horse jump in a 150-foot-long yard? (Assume only complete jumps with the jumpable number of sandboxes.)
For a fun new math problem every night, check out her site at BedtimeMath.org
Do you already use bedtime as a learning opportunity? How so?
