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Do we wear the same clothes?

Data analyzation may seem like an intimidating subject at first, but it's all in the approach; choosing the topic to analyze can make all the difference. What's more, getting family and friends involved in an activity is a surefire way to ramp up the fun, as the data gathering will seem like less like work and more like a game. Have your kid create a chart to keep track of the different colors that everyone wears. This activity is a fun way to hone your kid's observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation.

What You Need:

• Poster board
• Markers
• Ruler

What You Do:

1. Have your child draw a graph using the markers and rulers. The chart should be for two weeks and have friends or family members names on it.  
2. Explain to him that for two weeks he will be keeping track of the colors everyone wears. Each day he must write down on the chart what color everyone is wearing. To make it easier, have him focus on the color of peoples' tops. It doesn’t matter if they're wearing shirts, sweaters or tanks. Make sure he's recording the color of their tops.
3. At the end of the two weeks he should examine the chart and analyze the data he has gathered. He can look for information such as who wore a specific color more often or who wore the same color. 
4. Gather up his subjects so he can share his findings with everyone.

Money Triple Venn Diagram

Money is a difficult concept to grasp. Not only do you have to memorize how much each coin is

worth, you also have to learn how the various coins relate to each other. Before any of this can happen, you have to learn to tell the individual coins apart. Help this process along with our pocket change triple Venn diagram activity.

What You Need:

• Paper
• Marker
• Coins—a penny, a nickel, a dime and a quarter

What You Do:

1. Draw the Venn diagram using the example in our photo to help you align the three circles.  
2. Now hand your child the penny, the dime, and the quarter. Help her label the diagram accordingly with one circle titled “penny,” another “dime,” and the third “quarter.  
3. First, compare the penny and the dime. How are they alike? Your child should write these traits in the portion of the diagram where the penny circle and the dime circle overlap. How is the penny unique? Write that in the part of the penny circle that does not overlap with the dime circle. Repeat this process with the dime, recording how it is unique.
4. Now compare the penny and quarter, writing out how they are similar and how the quarter is unique. This will be similar to the comparison between the penny and the dime.
5. Now compare the dime and the quarter. They will have more traits in common than either had with the penny.
6. As you work, you may want to cross out some of the things written in the “unique” portion of each circle. The dime has ridged edges but so does the quarter. Thus this is a trait they have in common and not something that makes them completely unique.
7. This is the tricky part for a triple Venn diagram. How are all three coins similar? Write the coins shared qualities in the area where all three circles overlap.

Expand on this activity by comparing a dime, nickel, and quarter. What goes in the central space now?

Daily Timeline

Most timeline activities are all about history or what happens over the course of a year or  

season. Make this timeline activity more relevant and personal for your child by extending the concept to hours and minutes and the various activities your child does each day.

What You Need:

• Blank index cards
• Markers

What You Do:

1. Label index cards with various times of the day. Make sure the times you choose are times that something important happens each day (get up, leave for school, go to piano, baseball practice, bedtime, etc.). Be sure to include “am” and “pm” so that your child has to think about whether this is 7:30 in the morning or the evening.
2. Give the cards to your child and have him fill out the cards according to what he does at these specific times throughout his day. Let him be creative in how he fills the cards out—writing, drawing or any combination of the two.
3. Once the cards are filled out, mix them up and then have your child arrange them in order from earliest to latest.
4. Do the cards that he has made represent his day? If there are gaps, have him make additional cards including the times, and activities, that are most important to him.
5. When he's done, tape the cards together to create his daily timeline.

Expand on this activity by having your child create a set of cards for each person in the family (you, Dad, a sibling, etc.). Outline each person’s cards in a different color so that you can tell at a glance who each card represents. Can you use them to create a large family timeline? Or, is it easier to make a separate timeline for each member of the family? What does each way of assembling the timeline tell you?