Pie – Early Math Counts https://earlymathcounts.org Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:50:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183791774 Pi Day is Finally Here https://earlymathcounts.org/pi-day-is-finally-here/ https://earlymathcounts.org/pi-day-is-finally-here/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:45:24 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=2539 Today is Pi Day!!!!!

Pi DayNerds love Pi Day!

Mathematicians love Pi Day! (holla Noah and Len)

Physicists love Pi Day!

I love Pi Day!

Today – the children in your program will come to love Pi Day as well.  Take a look at all of the Afternoon Snack Posts from this week to see how you can incorporate some simple and appropriate Pi Day activities and conversations into your day’s plans.  Let us know how it goes.

Enjoy the day.  Eat pie and celebrate pi.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/pi-day-is-finally-here/feed/ 0 2539 Pi Day – Idea #4 https://earlymathcounts.org/pi-day-idea-4/ https://earlymathcounts.org/pi-day-idea-4/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:00:18 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=2536 Pi Day wouldn’t be complete without PIE for lunch.  Mini chicken pot pies are a perfectly balanced and delicious lunch that most young children really like.  I often cook my own because I can make sure that they are super healthy by controlling the fat and the kind of chicken that is inside.  Many home based child care providers cook their own food so they too can ensure the highest quality of food their children eat.  If you don’t have time to make mini pot pies, there are several good brands on the market.  Pick up enough and be sure to then offer the children PIE in quantities of half or whole. 

Be sure to explain that the reason they are getting PIE for lunch is in celebration of Pi Day (refer to yesterday’s Afternoon Snack Post about numbered months and days).

There you have it – Pi Day Lunch!

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