Christmas Math Activities

Christmas math activities are an ideal classroom treat during the time prominent up to Christmas. However there are many Christmas math activities that are also ideal for home. These Christmas activities with a focus on math are an ideal way to make math practice fun and to get kids no ifs ands or buts enthusiastic about math.

Try these Christmas math activities with the kids and you are sure to have them begging for more.

Christmas Counting
This is a version of the counting game Buzz. For the Christmas version, you just need to replace the word 'buzz' with a Christmas word. You could use the word 'Santa' or the word 'reindeer' instead of 'buzz'. To play the game, the children count nearby the group with each someone taking a turn to say a number. When they get to the amount 7, any manifold of 7 or any amount containing a digit 7, they simply say 'Santa' instead of saying the number. If a player says the amount instead of saying 'Santa' they are out. The counting will go like this, '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Santa, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Santa.

The aim of the game is to count as far as potential with no one production a mistake or it can be played as an elimination game with the last someone left in the game being the winner. It can also be played using a distinct amount as the 'Santa' number. Try it with the amount 5 for an easier version of the game or try it with 8 or 9 for a more difficult version.

Santa's Sleigh
This Christmas math operation is ideal for practicing any basic math skills that you choose. You will need a photograph of a sleigh and pictures of 8 reindeer for each player or team. The children can be complicated in drawing the reindeer pictures and might like to name each reindeer also. The object of the game is to be the first player or team to add the 8 reindeer in front of Santa's sleigh.

Two players or teams compete to be the first to riposte the question. You could use basic expanding facts for the game or more complicated calculations intelligent decimal numbers or percentages. The first player to riposte correctly wins a reindeer to add in front of their sleigh. The reindeer can be taped or pinned onto the sleigh. The first player or team with eight reindeer is the winner.

There are many, many distinct ways to give your math practice a Christmas flavor. Use the Christmas math activities above to make math more intelligent but also think some other educational Christmas activities. Try some Christmas word puzzles like a Christmas 'Word Find' or play a game of Christmas hangman with Christmas words. You could also try a game of Christmas bingo using Christmas words. Hope these ideas help to make Christmas more fun for the kids. Merry Christmas!