Math Action Thursday: Birthdays! Addition A Freebie : )

I LOVE birthdays!  Every twenty-four hr catamenia is someones birthday, but today happens to last my Dad's birthday!  I persuasion for this math activity Th I would throw out roughly ideas to create amongst birthdays (especially since in that place are a 1 thou one thousand ways to link them amongst math).

When it's someone's birthday it's an chance to operate calendar skills.

• What calendar month is it?  What numbered calendar month is it?  How many days are inwards that month.  Discuss days of the week.  Is today the sec Midweek of the month?

Then in that place is an chance to beak virtually the years.  

• If Sally is turning 8 this twelvemonth in addition to the twelvemonth is 2013, how tin nosotros figure out what twelvemonth she was born?  You could larn into timelines or uncomplicated subtraction.

Parties, along amongst presents and/or cake in addition to H2O ice cream tin fifty-fifty become into math!

• If y'all stimulate got a party, how many guests tin y'all invite?  Is in that place solely then much infinite that volition confine your guests to 8?  How much volition it toll to brand goodie bags for each guest.  How volition the tables in addition to chairs last arranged (perimeter)?  What fourth dimension volition the political party outset in addition to end?  How much fourth dimension volition it stimulate got to laid upwards for the party?  How much fourth dimension volition it stimulate got to build clean up?
• Presents... How much does a acquaint cost?  How much wrapping newspaper would y'all postulate to twine it (linear measurements)?  Will y'all brand a carte du jour or purchase one?
• Cake... Do y'all brand a cake from scratch, operate a cake mix, or but purchase a cake already prepared from the store?  There's lot of math amongst baking!  How much tin y'all salve if y'all arrive yourself?  How much cake create y'all postulate to brand or buy?  You could brand cupcakes in addition to each nipper tin decorate them... Do they plow out all the same?
• Ice cream...  It's cold!  If the H2O ice cream was left out of the freezer, what would happen?  What temperature does it postulate to remain inwards to remain frozen?  How much H2O ice cream is 1 serving?  How many servings does 1 container of H2O ice cream have?  Count scoops of H2O ice cream...

The listing tin become on (candles, cylindrical hats), but y'all larn the idea...  There is math everywhere in addition to used inwards many occasions.

As a freebie, I've set this fun H2O ice cream scoop page equally a freebie on my TpT in addition to TN stores!  Happy birthday or un-birthday to you!  Please follow the shop of your choice in addition to exit feedback if y'all dear it.

Remember to link upwards whatever math post service from your spider web log for MaTh activity Thursday!  It doesn't stimulate got to last amongst birthdays, but it would last cool if it was : ).

What MaTh activity Th would y'all similar to see?

#Mondaymadeit & #Imwayr: Minecraft Cake, The Pancake Carte Page Reveal, & The Picayune Seahorse Past Times Sheri Fink

Wow!  What a fun weekend!  My son's birthday together with a fun writing workshop... I'm linking upwards today amongst Monday Made It equally good equally It's Monday: What are yous reading?

Here is Mon Made it #1:  This awesome Minecraft cake!

How did I brand yous ask?  Here's what I did...

• Bake ii cakes (I used 2 mixes), each inward a 8" foursquare pan (it takes a combat longer since it is a thick layer).
• I made 2 batches of frosting, i I dyed brownish (with Wilton dye) together with i batch split upwards inward one-half together with dyed ii unlike shades of green.
• After the cakes cooled on a cooling rack I cutting them amongst a cake leveler on the move past times together with sides, together with pose them on a turntable to frost.
  
• Once the ii cakes were frosted on the sides amongst the brownish I used melting chocolates together with made a sparse layer of chocolate betwixt parchment paper.  I together with then cutting them inward fiddling squares together with pose them on the sides.
  
• Then on the move past times I made a grid hence that I could brand only about grass sections lite greenish together with others deeper green.  To brand the grass I used a ziploc handbag (the freezer quart size works the best) amongst a small-scale corner cut.
  
• Once it was done (hooray) it went inward the fridge.  One of my kids made a dandelion candle to acquire on it besides : )
  

Whew! The cake was a big made it--from start to complete I intend it was most iii hours for baking together with frosting together with it was good received : )

My other made it this by calendar week is my kickoff pose together page of The Pancake Menu: What volition yous order? Menu & Cookbook.  Many of yous induce got seen the drawings inward progress together with I wanted to break i page.  Drum roll.........

This film isn't railroad train inward stone, hence if yous induce got recommendations for changes allow me know now... Or create yous intend it is perfect?

My final made it--was I made it out to the CBW-LA final result amongst the Award Winning Author Sheri Fink!

I had a blast!!! I learned a lot together with Sheri was hence upbeat together with positive.  I walked out of the workshop taller together with feeling on move past times of the world--Thanks Sheri!

We learned all most her journeying to independently publishing her books together with most her life's story a bit.  Each mass of her "Little books Series" is most planting inward kids the seeds of self esteem.  As business office of the workshop fee nosotros each received her The Little Seahorse book!
  It's Monday: What are yous Reading comes in!

My oldest immature lady read it to herself together with she enjoyed it.  Then my iii twelvemonth onetime wanted to read it.  She enjoyed the brilliant pictures (which are hence awesome) together with recognized at that spot was a mommy seahorse inward there.  Then, my xviii calendar month onetime picked it upwards together with wanted to "read" it too.  He wasn't patient plenty to induce got me read it to him but he had fun going through the pages.  It has a neat message of overcoming shyness.  With it's empowering message, it's no wonder that Sheri has done hence well!  She is a neat author together with a neat motivational speaker.

I kickoff met Sheri final Nov together with when I spoke amongst her I didn't intend independently publishing was a feasible alternative but she was hence positive together with has the personality of if yous desire to accomplish something cipher tin flaming halt you.  I induce got a few friends similar this together with oftentimes I am too, but when at that spot is something I haven't done earlier I am sometimes hesitant.  Fast frontward only about months together with hither I am getting create to independently pose out my kickoff mass inward my Kids Menu Books Series!  Sheri powerfulness non know it, but she was a big component subdivision inward my determination to acquire ahead together with create it myself : )

Have a neat calendar week everyone!  If at that spot is something neat yous desire to accomplish, don't allow anything or anyone halt you--just create it!