Fun Math Resources for K-2

[JessMcG]

I'm looking for fun math resources to have around the house in addition to our curriculum (Horizons K). I'm interested in any kind of resource...books, workbooks, cds, dvds, etc.

 

Any recommendation would be greatly appreciated!

[Tonia]

Right Start math games! My daughter asks to play a math game almost every day - we really love them! :D

[Mom0012]

My daughter enjoys Singapore's Rainbow Rock cd-rom. Both of my kids have also enjoyed the Backyard Math with Zach dvd set sold by BJU Press as well as the Leapfrog Math Circus dvd.

 

Lisa

[Annabel Lee]

Hi! I too use Horizons math for my 2nd grader and K5'er. I've love having the Primary Math Manipulatives set from Calvert to illustrate the concepts in the Horizons lessons, and we also use some of it for games. It comes w/ Cuisinare rods, a cube unit/tens rods/hundreds boards set, lots of pattern blocks, a balance scale, pattern magnets & magnet board, colorful dominoes, etc.

Monkey Math is a fun game, I forgot where we ordered it from, but I think they have it at www.montessoriservices.com or www.forsmallhands.com. Both of those site would have lots of hands-on activities and educational games as they are geared toward montessori curriculum. Try typing in "math games" on amazon, I bet tons of neat stuff would come up. Hope that helps!

[mom31257]

Dice games and card games are always fun, and you probably all ready have them at home. If you google math dice games and card games, you should find plenty. The possibilities for games are numerous.

 

A personal favorite is "Pig". You role 2 dice and add. On your turn you can roll as many times as you want and get to keep adding to your score. The hitch is, if you roll a "1", your score for that round is 0. If you roll both "1's", you lose all your points for the game. The first person to 100 is the winner.

 

I also got a book from the library called "Mega Fun Card Game Math". There were lots of reproducible game boards with directions.

 

War is always great, and you can turn it into different situations. Take 2 cards each and add, subtract, or multiply them. The larger sum, difference, or product wins. Take 2 cards each and see who can make the larger fraction.

 

Have fun with it!

[mktkcb]

Sonlight has 2 dvds called Mathtacular that cover concepts for prek-2, and 2-4. I believe the Holzman's son Justin does them, and if they are as funny as the Discover and Do science dvds which we have, I'm sure they are great. Horizons is one of the programs that Sonlight carries, so I'm sure that all the right topics are covered. Here's a link: http://www.sonlight.com/RM32.html .

HTH,

Kayleen

[JessMcG]

Thanks everyone, these are some great resources!

[KathyBC]

We like math books from the library: anything by Anno or Stuart Murphy. Our abacus and learning clock get played with a lot. Yahtzee is a current favourite, as well as listening to math songs (and all the rest of) School House Rock.

[kokotg]

We like Peggy Kaye's Games for Math. Pattern blocks and the cards or books to go with them are fun.