In order to help parents continue mathematical education with their children at home, educators over at W.H. Rhodes Elementary school in Milton held their annual ‘Pi Night’ in which parents were invited to play math-infused games with their children.
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“We are encouraging parent involvement,” said Meghan Hall, a math interventionist at the school. “We encourage (parents) to come and be with their children and play these games with their children.”
Amongst the math activities on Thursday night, were activities like ‘Math Bingo,’ ‘Patternables’ and a math vocabulary scavenger hunt.
James Ferrell was using a deck of playing cards to play ‘Count 10’ with his six-year-old son Jesse. James was appreciative of what the school was offering.
“This helps up find different ways to help (Jesse) excel in math,” Ferrell said.
Ferrell said he plans to apply the card game at home to further help his son in mathematics.
Ferrell was not the only parent to enjoy the evening with his child, Ryan Carpenter attended the event with his 10-year-old daughter Christina.
“It’s fun to get out with them,” he said. “This allows them to apply what they have learned.”
Christina, a fourth grade student at the school, said math is one of her favorite subjects. Christina said she enjoys finding the answers to the problems.
“I like doing all of it,” she said.
Having parents watching their children work out such elementary math problems will be beneficial in the future, Hall said.
“Florida Standard Assessment is the new test that every (child) is going take,” she said. “A lot of kids used to multiple choice answers and not having to explain their mathematical thinking and that is changing.”
Hall said future testing will require students to show how they arrived at thier answer.
In order to further explain the upcoming changes in mathematics testing, several handouts were available at the school event along with information boards on the Florida Standard Assessment. Parents were also welcome to ask any related questions to teachers.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: ‘Pi Night’ shares mathematic fun with students, parents (PHOTOS)