March 14, or 3/14 is a day for all math nerds to rejoice because it’s Pi Day! Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number which means it can’t be expressed as a simple fraction. 3.14 is the first three digits of Pi, but it goes on forever.

Pi Day is a fun way to get kids excited about math as well as to eat some pie! I’m not a pie maker so I looked to Marie Callender’s to help me out this year with the pies. I picked up a banana cream pie for dessert as well as some savory pies to eat throughout the day.

I’m planning to serve the banana cream pie with a pi symbol in caramel sauce. Yummy! I have to say that I really love the Marie Callender’s Banana Cream Pie. It tasted great with a lot of real banana flavor. I love how easy it is to prepare. You simply defrost in the refrigerator over night. If you only want to serve a slice or two, you can defrost just a few slices in the refrigerator and leave the rest of the pie frozen for later.

In addition to eating pie, I am trying to put together some fun activities to do with the kids. Here are some of the fun ideas I found:

• Watch The Mathmatical Pi Song – It’s a cute video about Pi.
• Listen to the Pi Song – a catchy song which recites Pi
• The Marie Callender’s blog has some fun ideas for celebrating Pi Day
• Write a Pi-ku. Instead of a traditional haiku a Pi-ku follows a 3-1-4 syllable pattern. Here is a quick example:
  Pi Day is
  Fun
  When you eat pie.
• Create art with circles
• Here is a fun website with a bunch of silly Pi songs to sing. 
• Don’t eat the Paste has some cute Pi Day printables 

Marie Callender’s is offering a great coupon for $1.50 off any frozen pie. The coupon is available untilo March 21, 2013 and expires March 31, 2013.

Will you be doing anything special for Pi Day?

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.