{"id":786,"date":"2014-03-18T19:54:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T11:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-date-of-easter\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:12:09","slug":"the-date-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-date-of-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Date Of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[This is a back-issue of one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this site&#8217;s newsletters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Just now, my son asked me when Easter was. He&#8217;s looking forward to the camping and the chocolate, no doubt! Your kids (if you have kids) may soon be asking you the same question.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->When they do, make it into an opportunity for them to learn some math. I did, like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Google<\/li>\n<li>Search for &#8220;Easter Date Worksheet&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Look for the link with my smiling face next to it (I&#8217;m wearing a red shirt).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alternatively, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/easter-date-worksheets.html\">bookmark this link<\/a>. On that page, you&#8217;ll find a downloadable, printable easter date worksheet. Enter any year into the box labeled &#8216;Year&#8217;, do the calculations, and the month and day of Easter will appear at the top right.<\/p>\n<p>Or, don&#8217;t do the calculations &#8211; get your son or daughter to do them.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, you&#8217;ll have opportunities to remind them about order of operations, division with remainders (especially the fact that the quotient can sometimes be zero), and some general arithmetic practice.<\/p>\n<p>The worksheet works for any year at all. Here&#8217;s an old video where I show how to use the worksheet, to work out the date of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53YHaVsta4Y\">Easter Sunday in 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun!<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<br \/>\nMichael Hartley<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nbody { font-size : 11px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }\na { font-size: 11px; color: #ff6600; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; }\na:visited { color: #666666; }\na:hover {  text-decoration: underline; }\np { font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; }\nh1 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;}\nh2 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;}\nh3 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin:0px; padding:0px;}\nh4 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin:0px; padding:0px;}\nhr {width : 100%; height : 1px; color: #000000; size:1px;}\n.forwardform {margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 0;}\n.forwardinput {margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 0;}\n.forwardsubmit {margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 0;}\ndiv.emailfooter { font-size : 11px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }\ndiv.emailfooter a { font-size: 11px; color: #ff6600; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; }\n--><\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This is a back-issue of one of this site&#8217;s newsletters] Just now, my son asked me when Easter was. 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