Bluegoat Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I'm looking for ideas for games my kids can play when we need something different for math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I'm sorry, I don't remember how old your kids are. A couple with wide appeal in our house are Zeus on the Loose, and Rat-a-Tat-Cat (this is more starry and probability than math skills) I recently got Sumoku and like how it forces my people to think about multiples of the numbers 3, 4, and 5. But mostly 4! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 https://denisegaskins.com/best-of-the-blog/ This is a board member's site. Her name here is "Let's Play Math". The blog is basically a huge collection of math related games and activities that are all sorted by topic and grade level. I really appreciate her wealth of knowledge and abundance of ideas. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Prime Climb is a fun game - you need to understand multiplication & division, factors & multiples (but don't have to have them memorized). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Family Math (Equals Series) There are several books in the series, including a book for middle school math. If you want something really different, open and go, hitting lots of topics, this is it. Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math, From Kindergarten to Third Grade I just started this with ds and am keen on it. It's on the younger side, and it's more about filling in holes, not so much practicing 4 digit addition or whatever. Math Thinking Mats - Grade 1 (035398) Details - Rainbow Resource Center, Inc. These come in grade leveled books, and they're a tremendous value at only $14. They're printed on stiff paper and take just a few minutes each to cut apart and prepare. I slide the board and pieces into a page protector and tape the instructions onto the front. They're ready to go, but I find them flexible to work on concepts a little bit differently too. They're straight forward enough I can hand them to my no prep workers. Ronit Bird - Specialist in Dyscalculia and Arithmetic Difficulties Ronit Bird has several free ebooks, and some of the games would definitely appeal to all kinds of learners. I particularly like her Math Turnovers in her Math Games ebook. We play it with ante poker cards, which you can get inexpensively on ebay. Again, I like them because they're different, not just same old, same old. There are a bunch of really great standard playing games that are terrific for math. You could probably find a long list by googling. These are some was have: Go Nuts! The Completely Cracked Up Dice Game Action Game CLUMSY THIEF - Adding to 100 Game This also has a sequel. Zeus on the Loose This was too hard for my ds when we got it, and we haven't tried it since. Guess we should. It hits your 2 digit mental math. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasaMama Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Prime Climb is a fun game - you need to understand multiplication & division, factors & multiples (but don't have to have them memorized). I second Prime Climb. Games are part of our math rotation and DS usually picks Prime Climb. He would even ask to play for fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 Thanks all! My kids are 7, 9, and 12, so we have a few different ability levels. I'll try some off these out and see if anything appeals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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