Month: April 2014

Summer Camp in Palo Alto

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Summertime is coming up fast! This means one thing: what will my child be doing this summer? There are so many great summer camps in Palo Alto that your child should definitely try, but one thing that I highly suggest they do is enroll in Mathnasium’s summer camp. Summer is meant to relax and do non related school things, but the problem with that is as soon as school starts, children struggle and have a hard time doing math problems. Mathnasium can and will fix this problem. At Mathansium’s summer camp, we guide your child and help them in areas where they struggle as well as help them advance in math. Then, they will be fully prepared for their math class next year.

Other than Mathnasium’s fun summer math camp, there are lots of other ways your child can practice their math skills before coming to Mathnasium.

Junior Museum and Zoo

This is a nice, small zoo to take your child to. There are approximately 50 species of animals at this zoo, like bobcats, raccoons, hedgehogs, snakes, and more! Here, children can explore and discover all sorts of things. They also have science exhibits for  your child to admire and to even be a part of! This is a great place to take your child after or before coming to Mathnasium.

The Dish

The Palo Alto Dish

The Palo Alto Dish

The Dish is a great place to take your child on a summer morning. They will get lots of exercise as well as enjoy the fresh air and admire Palo Alto’s hidden treasure – the dish. You can start ‘quizzing’ your child in math by asking them to calculate how many feet, miles, and yards they walked.

Want more? Make sure to check out our other posts about summer camps around the bay area. In addition to registering for cool camps, don’t forget to leave time for relieving summer “brain drain” at Mathnasium this summer! Visit our website at  http://www.mathnasium.com/paloalto-menlopark

 

Menlo Park Summer Math Camp

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Mathnasium’s summer math camp is a great camp for your child to do this summer. At Mathnasium, we will enforce your child’s math skills as well as help them learn new math skills. This means, your child will be 110% ready for the upcoming school year. As a treat for your child, there are lots of places in proximity to Mathnasium that you can take your child to before or after a session at Mathnasium’s summer math camp.

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Summertime is a great time to take your child on long walks. There are a lot of great parks around Mathnasium that are perfect for a summertime stroll.

Sunset Magazine Headquarters and Garden

A beautiful park you can take your child to is Sunset’s garden in Menlo Park. This garden is where Sunset Magazine’s corporate offices are. They have lots of different plants that showcase the west coast’s variety of plants and trees. Some of their plants include: tulip bulbs, queen of the night tulips, fancy frills tulip, pink impressions tulip, dutch irises and more!

Nealon Park

Another great park is Nealon park. This park features tennis courts, a softball field, playgrounds, and picnic areas! This is a great park for your child to run around in and have fun as well as enjoy their time in the sun.

Fremont Park

Fremont Park is another great park in Menlo Park. During the summer, they have a Summer Concert Series which features many different genres of music like jazz, country, and more. This is a great place to take your child to after a session at Mathnasium summer math camp.

Want more? Make sure to check out our other posts about summer camps around the bay area. In addition to registering for cool camps, don’t forget to leave time for relieving summer “brain drain” at Mathnasium this summer! Visit our website at  http://www.mathnasium.com/paloalto-menlopark

Easter Math in Palo Alto!

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Easter Math is Fun!

Are you and your kids excited for Easter? Make this year’s egg hunt educational by working in some easter math! To Christians, Easter is a celebration of Jesus Christ returning from the dead. Christians believe that it is the holiest day in the year, whereas others acknowledge it as the beginning of Spring. In the math world, Easter is a great time to incorporate math into a beloved holiday… here’s to easter math!

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Bunnies like math too!

Easter Math Sample Problems!

To get your kids in the spirit the night before the Easter Bunny arrives, try some of these easter math problems on them:

  1. Sally and Sarah are sisters who love easter math! Sally finds 7 small eggs, each with one chocolate inside. Sarah finds 5 large eggs, each with 2 chocolates inside. How many chocolates did the sisters find in total?
  2. Henry and John are buying real eggs for their family to decorate for their favorite holiday. Using easter math, which would be the better deal: one dozen of eggs at $3.85 or two half-dozens at $1.95?

Easter math and big numbers can be used to describe rabbit reproduction too! Did you know that the average female rabbit can produce 2-15 kits per litter, and up to 5 litters per year? Whew! How many babies do you think she can produce in her lifetime, expecting that she lives the predicted 8-12 years? Use your easter math tips and tricks to help you find out!

Loved learning about easter math? For more fun math tips, and opportunities for your child to pursue their interest in math, check us out Mathnasium of Palo Alto-Menlo Park. 

 

 

 

Summer Math Camp with American Girl Dolls in Menlo Park

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americangirlstarMathnasium’s summer math camp is very excited about the new American Girl Doll store. American Girl Dolls have become very popular in Menlo Park because of the American Girl Doll store opening in Stanford Shopping Center. Luckily, this store is in close proximity to Mathnasium’s summer math camp (only a block away)! At Mathnasium, we love American Girl Dolls because they help create fun and interesting math problems for your child to do. These problems will ensure for an awesome time at Mathnasium’s summer math camp.

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americangirlstarHere are some examples:

  1. A doll and her corresponding book costs $110. You, your mom, and your brother visit the American Girl Doll store and you each want your own doll and book! How much money will the dolls and books cost in total? How much money will it cost with tax (7.50%)?
  2. Most of the American Girl Dolls come from their own time period. Calculate how long ago this doll lived.
    Addi Walker lived during 1864
    Caroline Abbott lived during 1812
    Josefina Montoya lived during 1824
    Julie & Ivy Albright lived during 1974
    Kaya lived during 1764
    Kit & Ruthie lived during 1934
    Marie-Grace and Cecile lived during 1853
    Rebecca Rubin lived during 1914
  3. You ask for American Girl gifts for your birthday. You get from family and friends: “Feel Better Kit for Dolls” ($30), Doll Travel Kit ($21.95), and Pepper the pet ($22). What is the total cost? How much money did it all cost with tax (7.50%)

americangirlstarIf you really love American Girl be sure to check out their website. Also, be sure to enroll at Mathnasium’s summer math camp! At the camp we will ensure that your child will be ready for the upcoming school year. What makes Mathnasium’s summer math camp so perfect is that you get to choose the times and dates your child attends. Mathnasium is very flexible!

americangirlstarWant more? Make sure to check out our other posts about summer camps around the bay area. In addition to registering for cool camps, don’t forget to leave time for relieving summer “brain drain” at Mathnasium this summer! Visit our website at  http://www.mathnasium.com/paloalto-menlopark

 

Summer Camps in Palo Alto

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The big question: What is my child going to do this summer?

Well, luckily for you, there are many, many summer camps in Palo Alto.

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Children’s Fine Art Studio Camps

There are so many fun classes in this camp. Whether your child is interested in movie making, puppet shows, photography, painting, animation, and more, this camp has it all. It is a perfect way for your child to spend their summer!

Palo Alto Children’s Theatre

If your child has a desire to be up on stage acting, this is the perfect summer camp for them. Their website states that the children will “develop life skills such as critical and creative thinking, cooperation, and aesthetic sensitivity.”

Skyhawks Summer Camp

Skyhawks summer camp is perfect if your child is a sports-aholic. They have many different options of different sports your child can be a part of.

This is just a small list of camps available this summer in Palo Alto. Other than these, Palo Alto Mathnasium also has a great summer planned for those kids who want to improve or get ahead in math. At Mathnasium, you (the parent) gets to decide the dates and times your child will attend our camp. What’s so great about that is that you can drop your child off at Mathnasium after a different summer camp for an hour or so.

Mathnasium should definitely be a priority summer camp to attend this summer because we will ensure that your child will not have the classic “brain drain” this summer when he/she returns to school. We will prepare them for the upcoming school year.

 

We hope to see your child this summer. For more information about Mathnasium of Palo Alto-Menlo Park and other unique word problems, visit our website at  http://www.mathnasium.com/paloalto-menlopark

Summer Math Camp in Atherton

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Mathnasium has a great summer math camp planned for this summer. We will help your child refresh on previously learned math skills as well as introduce to them new math skills. By enrolling in Mathnsaium’s summer math camp this summer, we will prevent your child’s brain drain. What makes Mathnasium a perfect math summer camp is that the parents get to choose the times and dates your child attends. Whether you want to drop them off everyday in the morning, every couple of days in the afternoon, or once a week, it is ALL up to you. This means that if your child wants to attend a different summer camp, they can. Drop them off at a sports camp (for example), and after you pick them up, drop them off at Mathnasium.

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Atherton is a beautiful city. It is a really nice place to take your child on a walk on a beautiful summer day. As you and your child walk, you can quiz your child on their math skills before or after a session at Mathnasium’s summer math camp. Here are some questions you can ask:

  1. If Sarah and Susie walk 3 miles. How many yards did they walk? (1 mile = 1760 yards)
  2. If you walk past one tree, and then two combined trees, and then 4 combined trees, and then 8 combined trees, how many combined trees will you walk past next? What is the pattern?
  3. If Atherton is 1.9 miles away from Mathnasium, how many yards do you need to walk to get to Mathnasium?
  4. A drive to Mathnasium from Atherton is approximately 1.9 miles away. If your mom drives on average 35 miles per hour, how long will it take you to get to Mathnasium?

We hope to see your child this summer. For more information about Mathnasium of Palo Alto-Menlo Park and other unique word problems, visit our website at  http://www.mathnasium.com/paloalto-menlopark