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Estimation Station for After School Fun

November 7, 2013 By Terri Thompson

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How many rocks are in the jar?

How many pom poms?

Challenge your kids with this fun Estimation Station math game. How close can they get to the correct amount?

Challenge your kid's estimation skills with this fun estimation station math invitation. It's easy to set up and so much fun to play. #math #elementaryed #CreativeFamilyFun

I recently set up this Estimation Station to give my 1st grader a fun math challenge after school.

It took only a few minutes to set up. I just gathered a few items from around the house and had this math game ready in no time.

My daughter loved it and had a great time guessing and checking her answers.

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Challenge your kid's estimation skills with this fun estimation station math invitation. It's easy to set up and so much fun to play.

Table of Contents

  • Set up your Estimation Station
  • Add a chart
  • It’s time to estimate!
  • The results
  • You may also enjoy one of these fun math games:
  • Fizz, Pop, Bang!

Set up your Estimation Station

I found a selection of glass jars and loose parts. Any glass or clear container would work.

I filled my jars with rocks, LEGO blocks, and pom poms. These were all items that I had readily available.

Use whatever you have. Cotton balls, beads, dried pasta, paper clips, crayons, and bottle caps are some more possibilities for an estimation station.

I also wrapped some rubber bands around a wine cork. I got that great idea from No Time For Flashcards and their Estimate-Unwrap-Count challenge.

Challenge your kid's estimation skills with this fun estimation station math invitation. It's easy to set up and so much fun to play.

Add a chart

I then made a simple chart with a column for each item and one row for the estimates and another row for the actual amounts.

I had everything set up on the table waiting for my first grader to return home from school.

For an added challenge, you can have your kids make their own chart.

Challenge your kid's estimation skills with this fun estimation station math invitation. It's easy to set up and so much fun to play.

It’s time to estimate!

My first grader took one look at the project and dived right in.

She examined the jars and though hard about her estimates.

“Rubber bands are skinny, so there must be more of them,” was one of her thought processes.

She made her guesses with lots of thoughts and reasoning. There was no haphazard guessing going on with this project.

After she made her estimates, she counted the items to check her guesses.

I had her divide the items into groups of five before counting to sneak in some skip counting practice.

Challenge your kid's estimation skills with this fun estimation station math invitation. It's easy to set up and so much fun to play.

The results

We found some surprises.

Even though those rubber bands were skinny, there were only nine wrapped around the cork.

She was also quite pleased to see that two of her numbers, pom poms and LEGOs, were very close to the actual amount.

In one simple project that took me less than 10 minutes to set up, we practiced estimation, skip counting, and graphs. And, we had a lot of fun together in the process. Not bad for one simple math game!

Challenge your kid's estimation skills with this fun estimation station math invitation. It's easy to set up and so much fun to play.
If you enjoyed this estimation station math invitation, the above photo is perfect for sharing on Facebook or you can share on Pinterest.

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Fizz, Pop, Bang!

If you’re looking for more math and science activities, you can find 80 hands-on activities in Fizz, Bang, Pop! Playful Science & Math Activities for kids 3 to 8. Click here or on the image below to purchase the e-book.

 

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Terri Thompson

Terri is a writer and mom of two elementary-aged girls. She has a passion for learning and is always looking for ways to make learning fun. You can find her here writing about fun learning activities, art, craft, and family fun ideas.

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