While differential equations may not top the charts as important, helping our kids build numerical literacy definitely should. But, sometimes our kids need a bit more to engage them and get them excited about learning math. The math skills our kids learn early on can make a big difference in their confidence not only in math class, but in their ability to apply the appropriate skills when needed in life. Playing fun math games with your kids is a great way to encourage mathematical thinking, build confidence, and foster a love of math in your homeschool.
Check out some of my favorite fun math games you can try with your kids this week! You may know Beast Academy from their comic-based math curriculum. But did you also know they have a wide variety of fun math games on their website? Designed by leaders in K advanced math education, Beast Academy Playground is a collection of free tabletop math games you can get all of your kids beginning as young as 4!
The website has a great sorting feature that allows you to filter games by age, activity type, number of players, and learning goals. Each game has a short video that will walk you and your kids through how to play. I love the fact that variations are given for each game as well; when my daughters had played a few rounds, we switched it up to finding pairs that subtracted to make 5, as suggested on the website.
Visit Beast Academy Playground and make math time play time today. However, another option is to purchase math board games to play with your kids. My kids love this game! They are the winner. A variation on this game can be to start at and keep subtracting until someone gets down to zero.
For older children, instead of adding the cards together, they can be multiplied each time, with the winner being the first to reach This is a fast paced maths card game for two or more players, where all eyes will be on the Jacks in the pack…. Step 1: Other than the Jacks, remove all of the picture cards from a deck.
Step 2: The aim of the game is to reach the target number. To make the target number, shuffle the pack and turn over the top two cards. If either are a 10 or joker, put them to the bottom. The 2 cards turned over make the target number. For example, if you turn over the 5 of hearts then the 2 of diamonds, your target number is Step 3: Each player is dealt 5 cards, which are set out face up.
Players then can add, subtract, multiply and divide to try to reach the target number. If the target number is reached using all 5 cards, 10 points is scored, if it is made using less than 5 cards, 8 points is scored. There is no need for fancy equipment when it comes to these maths game. This is a KS2 maths game that most people will be familiar with, but it just so happens to be fantastic practice for coordinates.
Step 1: Each player draws out a grid with A — J along the bottom and 1 — 10 up the side. Step 2: They then plot ships of various sizes on the grid by colouring in the squares:. Each player keeps track of their hits and misses on a separate grid. This game does the impossible, and manages to make learning multiplication facts fun. Step 1: Each player needs a set of coloured counters or different coins 2ps vs 10ps as an example. Step 2: Make a grid containing the answers to the times tables being worked on you can choose which times table you want your child to tackle and a set of cards with the multiplication questions.
Step 3: Each player takes it in turns to pick a card, work out the answer and cover the answer with their counter. The first player to cover four in a row is the winner. This maths game is a classic, and the chances are high that some parents out there would have played this themselves when they were at school.
Please note, this game can be played by drawing dots on a page, but it is easier to download square dot paper and print it out. Step 1: The first player draws a line to join one of the dots to another of the dots, the next player then does the same. Step 2: This continues until one player manages to join the lines to make a box. They write their initial in the box and get to take another go. Once they are no longer able to complete a full box, it goes back to the other player.
Step 3: The winner is the person who has their initial in the most boxes at the end of the game. Simple counting games are great for younger children, with lots of opportunities for counting things they see — lorries, red cares, blue signs etc….
This could be made more challenging by changing how many points each is worth, so children could count up in twos or threes etc…. Think of a number for the children to guess. Players have to ask questions that have a yes or no answer in order to identify the number. A more challenging version of the game would be to give players a range of clues, e.
An alternative to guessing the number, in this game players have to try and guess the rule. Players give a number whilst the person leading the game applies a mystery rule and tells the players what the new number is. For example: If the rule is multiply by 10, one player would give the number, e.
This is a fun strategy game, played with two or more players, who take it in turns to count up from 1. Each player can call out one, two or three consecutive numbers, before it moves to the next player to carry on counting up. The game then continues, counting back up from 1 to 21, until there is only one person left. There are of course many more simple maths games which can be enjoyed at home, and they are only limited by your creativity.
Hopefully these ideas will give you a starting point, but why not get really creative and create some games of your own! Learn more or request a personalised quote to speak to us about your needs and how we can help. Our online tuition for maths programme provides every child with their own professional one to one maths tutor.
Math games can be used as a practice opportunity that kids will want to participate in and even ask you for more of! A huge benefit of math games is that once the rules and playing procedures are learned, they can be played independently of the teacher. When students are fully engaged in a game with their peers the teacher has the opportunity to observe students or pull small groups for instruction or extra practice. By using math games that have a similar format throughout the year you will be able to provide the rules and instructions the first time the game is played, instead of before every new game that is played, building student independence with each game.
The math games I like to use all follow the same setup, rules, and format, but the question cards for each game focus on a different skill. Students can independently play the games without having to ask questions about how to play. Math games allow students to learn from their peers.
There is something special about students teaching and coaching each other and explaining their thinking to each other that provides huge learning benefits. Students can sometimes explain how to solve a problem in a way that is different than the student has heard before, and might be the explanation that makes the concept stick! Math games help build strategic thinking and problem-solving skills. Students learn to solve problems together, think strategically about what moves to make, and how to be successful in playing the game.
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