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[quote=Anonymous]Here are some ideas to encourage math at home without worksheets and word problems:

Hoagies has links for enrichment for all ages and subjects. 
https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/math.htm

Cyberchase (animated PBS show) is great for introducing math concepts (although recent seasons have shifted focus).  Earlier seasons can be seen here: 
https://pbskids.org/cyberchase/videos/?selectedID=...5c-0ec9-4490-9f88-7890cfb1689a

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives has lots of ways to explore/play with math concepts: 
http://nlvm.usu.edu/

Cooking is fantastic for working with fractions. 
I’ve always known cooking was great for math, but poster 08/04/2020 11:44 took it to a whole other level. I wish I’d read their post when my kids were still young. 
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/901600.page

Get her a tape measure and/or a timer. Let her go crazy measuring things and timing herself.  You can even check out a Guinness Book of World Records from the library and read to her about some of the records others have set.

If she doesn’t know how to tell time yet, get her an analog watch. They make teaching models: 
https://www.amazon.com/time-teacher-watch/s?k=time+teacher+watch

Games of all kinds are great for math.   Some, like Sleeping Queens (great game) and Monopoly directly incorporate math into the game.  All games, however, involve some math (counting spaces, keeping score, logical strategic reasoning, geometrical thinking, etc.).

Assuming she’s learned about money, play store with her and consider giving her an allowance. Money is one of the best ways to help with math as it involves counting, place value, addition, subtraction, fractions, decimals, and multiplication. If she doesn’t know about money, I can suggest a relatively painless way to teach her.

She might like math/number puzzles.  She could do Sudoku or Magic Squares.  Here’s a short book to her about Magic Squares that you could read to her about the subject to get her started.
https://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Magic-Squares-Step-Into-Reading-Step/dp/0375806210

Buzz is a verbal math game where you count and replace the numbers in a chosen pattern with the word buzz. For example, if you select the rule to be numbers with a 3 in them then when you reach numbers like 3, 13, 23, 30, 31, 32, . . . You say the word buzz. This game is flexible because you can change the rules to match whatever the child is learning (even/odd, multiples, primes, squares, Fibonacci numbers, etc.) You can also mix and match rules (all numbers with a 7 and multiples of 5). [/quote]

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