Math Festival

A few days ago, I saw a posting for "Family Night Math Festival" at a local YMCA where Ebba lives. I had no idea what it would be, but it sounded too perfect for Parker to pass up. So last night, Parker and I met Ebba and Lincoln (age 7 and who was prepped that Parker might be good at this stuff) there and Parker was in heaven. They had about 10 tables set up with math games on them. It was very simple. Most tables had dry erase type worksheets on them where the kids had to write something or put blocks on it or do something else. Parker jumped right in and after having a little trouble with one table (it was an event for slightly older kids) found some patterns that the kids had to finish. You know like it says 2, 4, 6, ___, ___, ___ and the kids has to fill in the blank. Obviously this was ridiculously easy for him. They had his favorite series of course (1, 2, 8, 16, ___, ___, ___ , ____, ____) which he filled in so quickly it freaked some people out.







The boys went to various table trying everything out, but when they got to the scales, that was it. They both loved it. They had to figure out how many blocks were the same weight as various containers which were all the same size but not the same weight. When the festival closed, they were both still doing it.





Afterward, I let him climb the rock wall for a bit and then we went to have ice cream. Ebba got me some fries and shared her orange sherbet free which was delicious!