Addition and subtraction worksheets, games and more.

[sia]

Hi,

I am a homeschooling mother with upper elementary children that are working at a grade 2/3 math level. Part of my math study time involves text book lessons. I would like to also include a fun, interactive learning component to practice number sense, addition and subtraction. Possibly even telling time.

Right now, I play board games for addition and subtraction - https://logicroots.com/math-games/cloud-hoppers/ This math game is great as it is adventurous and kids friendly. I use printable too.

Do you have any other/better suggestions? I am realizing that the colorful and interactive visuals is really essential ....so I need more suggestions!

[Tina]

Dice games and using a deck of cards.

Roll the dice, add them together and write down the total.  Take turns, each person adding their totals together, til you get to 100.  Multiplication: multiply them and add to hit 500.  Add a third die to add more challenge.  You can also buy dice that have multiple sides and larger numbers.

 

Play War with a deck of cards, but each player places two cards up and add/multiply them together to see who has the larger number.

 

Google free math games or free printable math games.

Edited September 18, 2017 by Tina

[Guinevere]

We play a lot of yahtzee. Qwix is another good game.

[PeterPan]

Ronit Bird - Specialist in Dyscalculia and Arithmetic Difficulties  Ronit Bird has a free games ebook that is a sampler from her regular books. Great stuff.

 

Math Thinking Mats - Grade 2 (035429) Details - Rainbow Resource Center, Inc. We're enjoying these a lot. I have them for several grade levels. The pre-printed are very nice quality.

 

Fraction Multipliers at Lakeshore Learning  I like some of the math manipulatives from Lakeshore Learning. These fraction overlays are cool. They have place value cards to use for multi-digit addition/subtraction. You can pair them with the RightStart abacus.

 

Family Math (Equals Series)  We use this a LOT. Terrific, terrific games covering a variety of topics.

 

I picked up 2 packs each of simple flashcards in the dollar bins at Target one time, and we use those for games. We have sets with clocks, so we can play memory games with those. It's really sky's the limit with that. Like you could play time war (flip two, see whose is higher). You could have a target time and see whose is closer to the target. We're doing that right now with some dopey Minion playing cards we got in a Happy Meal from McDonald's. We call it Minion Math, haha. We turn over two cards for the target and then 4 cards for each person. You try to arrange your cards to make an addition or subtraction equation that gets you *closest* to the target. So that's tons of math, all in a game. We play lots of fraction war like that too, turning over two cards and making a fraction and comparing.

 

You might like to come over to the Learning Challenges board and talk. The Learning Challenges Board - The Well-Trained Mind Community  A bunch of us there are dealing with math disability. :)

Edited September 18, 2017 by OhElizabeth