I want to know more about the curriculum and the standards:
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics:
Interested in reading about the National Math Standards (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)? This site will give you a lot of information!
http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter3/index.htm
CESAME Support Site for 'Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space'
The site is valuable for other educators and parents who need more information about this elementary mathematics program. Since this site is an open forum for teachers' and others' opinions and ideas, the views represented here do not necessarily represent the views of the site's collaborators.
http://www.lab.brown.edu/investigations/
'Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space'
You can find all the information from the hand outs at this web site plus a lot more. This is the Investigations home page loaded with information about the program.
http://www.terc.edu/investigations/index/html/index.html
NCTM: National Council For Teachers of Mathematics: Elementary Level
This site is rich with resources about teaching mathematics to elementary school aged children! From activities to practice and theory. It's all here!
http://my.nctm.org/eresources/school_level.asp?lv=1
I would like to play some of the Investigation games online:
NCTM: Illuminations Principles and Standards : Geometry
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/3-5/GeometricSolids/index.html
This interactive geometry investigation explores geometric solids and their properties, which are taught fourth grade.
NCTM: Illuminations Principles and Standards : Number & Operations
Factor Game
http://Illuminations.nctm.org/imath/6-8/FactorGame/
The Factor Game engages students in a friendly contest in which winning strategies involve distinguishing between numbers with many factors and numbers with few factors. Students are then guided through an analysis of game strategies and introduced to the definitions of prime and composite numbers.
NCTM: Principles and Standards for School Mathematics:
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.1/index.htm
This is a game played often in fifth grade when learning about equivalent fractions. You can play this game interactively online, too!
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/#3-5
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics: Electronic Examples
There is a choice of a wide range of interactive games for all grade levels on this page.
I really would like to find a site that practices math facts:
Flashcards for Kids
This is a site where you can enter the type of facts you want to practice along with the level of difficulty.
A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html
This site offers a variety of games such as Matho and Hidden Pictures, which let you practice your math facts.
FunBrain.com Math
This is a baseball game which helps you to practice those facts. It's a big hit with many kids!
QUIA Mathematics Top 20 Activities
This is a list of the top 20 games that are fun math games to play such as multiplication concentration.
Math Fact Cafe
At the math Fact Cafe you can create your own flash cards, practice with cards already made or sit back relax, and play a game.
I'd like to find challenging activities to try at home with my child:
NCTM: Illuminations Principles and Standards : iMath Investigations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/
i-Maths are online, interactive, multimedia math investigations. All i-Maths are built around interactive math applets, and some also include video clips. There are two lengths of i-Maths: single-day and multi-day, as identified below.
PBS Teacher Source: Math
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
Just type in grade level and topic and you'll find a wealth of interactive math activities you can do!
I'd like some great problem solving activities & brain teasers:
The Education Place: Brain Teasers
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/
A great place to find a brainteaser each week with varying levels of difficulty!
Math Forum@Drexel
This is a great site for students who might want more of a challenge. Each week problems are posted for students to solve. There are many levels to try.
SYVUM: Brain Teasers & Math Puzzles
Some great brainteasers, but you have to put up with some annoying advertising first.
Kid Info Reference Resources: Mathematics
http://www.kidinfo.com/Mathematics/Mathematics.html
Go here to find a list of much of what is listed here! It's a great resource for your child to use! Games, math help, it's all here.
Google Search Results
http://directory.google.com/Top/Games/Puzzles/Brain_Teasers/Mathematical/
This is a list of more sites with brainteasers than you could ever need.
Yahoo Search Results
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Mathematics/Problems__Puzzles__and_Games/
Okay, here's another list if you didn't find what you wanted in the sites above!
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List compiled for Grades 4 & 5 Parent Math Night
BowdoinCentral School
October 22, 2002