{"id":88,"date":"2013-03-27T20:37:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T20:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bear-mathbelt.marjoriesayer.com\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2016-05-10T21:30:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T21:30:50","slug":"math-clubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bear-mathbelt.marjoriesayer.com\/?page_id=88","title":{"rendered":"Math Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Workbooks<\/a> can be used in a variety of contexts: individual study, classroom extensions, math soirees and salons. Chapters can be read in any order.<\/p>\n

This page is mostly about running an extracurricular math club for kids 8 to 11 years of age.<\/p>\n

How to Run a Typical Extracurricular Math Club<\/h1>\n

Meet once a week with other kids to do math. Each participant has a workbook. Stuff is all in one place and safe from raccoons.<\/p>\n

Work on one chapter at a time.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fun to start with a warm-up and preamble to the subject being studied. An easy way to do this is have a coach take the whole group through some of the material in the Notes and Vocabulary section of the chapter.<\/p>\n

After 10-15 minutes of all-group warmup, divide into working groups of 4-5 kids and work through chapter problems together. It\u2019s ideal if one coach per group is available to help with focus, interpretation, and insights.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, have some snacks and run around!<\/p>\n

More Coach tips.<\/a><\/p>\n

Contests and Competitions<\/h1>\n

Competitive events can be a lot of fun. The events that we competed in, Math Olympiad<\/a> and the AMC 8<\/a>, have a season. What we did was this:<\/p>\n

For about eight weeks before the season, we met once a week to train. This meant meeting once a week from about mid-September to mid-November.<\/p>\n

Once the season started in mid-November, we met twice monthly to do math contests and review the contests. We found this allowed us to have fun with the contests and avoid over-scheduling.<\/p>\n

In our math club, participation in competitive events is optional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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