Make grocery store trips a fun part of your school day, with Grocery Cart Math. Students learn basic math skills through regular trips to the grocery store. Each section contains specific activities to do at the store, at home, and questions to discuss with Mom and Dad.
Activities increase in difficulty and range from determining container sizes to using coupons to comparing price per weight and brands. This book is ideal for students in the 3rd through 5th grade.
Author's Intro:
"The initial stimulus for this book was the fear of what others would THINK when I took my own homeschooled children to the grocery store during regular school hours. I began devising activities to keep them "busy" in the store, and soon realized that they were learning skills needed in real life!
These activities cover a wide range of skills for students in elementary to middle school grades. The information necessary for each activity can be gathered by the students during a weekly shopping trip, with fairly minimal input from Mom. At the end of many activities, the children are asked to do or discuss something with their teacher: a component which will greatly enhance the students' learning. Some activities allow students to practice typical math skills, but in a real-life setting. Others help to develop the skills necessary for smart shopping, and can help to answer the most often-asked question: "WHY do we have to know this?" |
