One of the most basic math lessons you can use in your everyday life is counting. If you naturally incorporate counting into your speech, your child will start picking up on it and doing it themselves. Count backwards as well as forwards, then move onto counting by twos, threes, fours, fives, and so on. For example, you could count how many: Plates you need to set the table. Toys are on the floor. Stop signs are on the way to school. Stairs are in a staircase. Your child can't communicate math on paper until they know what numbers look like when written. As you notice numbers in the world, point them out to your child. For a younger child, try a number puzzle or playing hopscotch. For an older child, try bus numbers at a bus stop or the house numbers on a house. As the child becomes better at recognizing numbers, try phone numbers or car license plates. Most of the time, you use math on a day-to-day basis. Try thinking out loud when you find yourself using math to show your kids where math is relevant. Be sure to do this every day. For example, you could do the following: Comparing prices at the grocery store. Measure ingredients for a recipe. Calculate coupon discounts. Shapes are important for understanding geometry. You can ask your child to name shapes as you run errands, as well as to name the shapes they play with. You can also do things like bake cookies with basic shapes, which combines learning and fun. Don't forget to incorporate 3D shapes as well! There are lots of shape-based puzzles for younger children. They usually require the child to match a set of shapes or name different shapes. For an older child, try building a simple box out of paper and tape. Have them measure and cut all the pieces with a ruler and scissors. Point out shapes in the real world, such as octagonal stop signs and traffic cones. While direct questions are helpful in learning the basics of math, estimation questions require kids to think through a problem, not just spout out a basic answer. This tip works for both younger and older kids, but you may need to adjust the question. For instance, an estimation question could be, "How much water do you think will fill up this pitcher?" Let your child try their hand at estimating, and then you can do an experiment to see how close the guess was. For younger kids, you might need to first show them how much a cup is. For older kids, you can try more complex questions, such as "How long will it take to fill the bathtub with water?"
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One-sentence summary -- Count with your kids. Work on number recognition. Highlight the ways you use math. Work on shapes. Ask estimation questions.

These oils are thought to have energizing properties. Place a few drops on an oil diffuser and keep it near you throughout the day, or carry a bottle of essential oil with you and inhale the scent from the bottle whenever you need a boost. Essential oils have been shown to reduce fatigue in rats, so it might be an effective strategy for people as well. You can purchase essential oils in the beauty section of most drug and grocery stores, or buy them online. Other scents may also help you stay awake, such as peppermint, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary. Caffeine can give you a boost of energy. It stops the cells in your body from accepting adenosine, an inhibitory neurotransmitter that tells your cells to sleep. Caffeine tells those same cells to wake up, and it encourages faster brain function. Coffee, tea, and many sodas all contain caffeine. For instance, a cup of green tea has 24 to 45 milligrams of caffeine in a cup, while a coffee can have anywhere from 95 to 200 milligrams. Try not to drink more that 200mg (one to two 5-oz cups of coffee) each day. While this number can vary depending on your weight, sensitivity, and sex, but you should never drink more than 600mg a day (between four and seven cups). And avoid caffeine pills, which people often turn to when overtired. These can be very dangerous and even fatal. Because you build up a tolerance if you drink coffee every day, try to save it for the times when you really need it. A warm or hot shower can make you feel sleepy instead of awake. However, you can counteract the effect by using a cold-hot-cold cycle at the end. That is, when you're finished cleaning yourself up, switch the shower to cold for 30 seconds. Next, switch it back to hot for 30 seconds. Finally, go back to cold for 30 seconds. This cycle gets your blood pumping and increases your energy for the day.
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One-sentence summary -- Inhale the scent of grapefruit and bergamot essential oils. Get your morning caffeine fix. Use a shower cycle to wake up.

You can find a score card online, such as this one: https://500rules.com/score-card/. The score card tells you how many points are awarded for each different suit and their coinciding bid number. If you won the bid and won the number of tricks you bid, then you would use the score card to add that specific number to your score. If you won the bid but didn't win the right number of tricks, you would subtract the score card's number from your total score. For example, if your bid was 6 Spades and you won all 6 tricks with Spades, you would add 40 points to your score, according to the score card. If you bid 8 Diamonds and didn't win all those tricks, you would need to subtract 280 points from your score according to the score card. Keep a piece of paper and pencil next to you to keep track of the scoring, if necessary. Continue playing hands and adding up the scores until a team earns 500 points, or a team has negative 500 points or less (meaning they've lost). The first team to earn 500 points wins! For each new hand, rotate the dealer to the left.
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Use a score card to calculate the points in each hand. Add or subtract points depending on your bid. Win the game by being the first team to earn 500 points.