Now’s a great time to play a few math-themed games to relight a spark in math skills. Check out my website http://www.paddyeger.com for free math samples and/or purchase my book, 98 Individual and Partner Skill-Building Math Games online or from your favorite bookstore.
I firmly believe that games are a great way to use keep math in focus without using worksheets. The concepts remain present, but the game aspect adds fun and challenges. My games for students with grades 2-6 math skills share a variety of topics, mostly about addition and subtraction. I have created a varfiety of levels of difficulty, and use easy-to-find tools like playing cards and dice. Most games take less than 10 minutes to play. Any necessary gameboards and extending options are provided for each game. Here are a feworogonal games you’ll find in my book:
- Keep It 10 (use cards and create combos that equal ’10’)
- Tic-Tac Block (use dice to add and subtract creating a winning tic-tac-toe line up)
- 20<->0 (use dice and subtract as you make your way around the gameboard)
- Circle ‘Round Strategy #2 (add, subtract or multiply and you attempt to each your goal number with the fewest number of moves)
- Heading Home (move to a home corner on the gameboard using math facts cards)