Math Games For Kids Make Numbers Fun

Math Games For Kids
Make Numbers Fun

Math games for kids make learning about numbers fun.

If you love numbers yourself your child will mimic that love, so make any encounter you have with numbers a fun activity for yourself and you will soon transmit this feeling to your child.

Counting doesn’t have to be boring for your child, remember to make learning fun.

There are all sorts of ways to help your child remember how to pronounce numbers and how to put them in the right order.

Some simple activities and Math games for kids that you and your child could do could be;

Counting Out Loose Change
Singing Counting Songs

Counting How Many Times They Can Skip a Rope.

Keep an eye out for chances for your child to count out loud, it’s all great practice, and a good time for you to check that they pronounce the numbers correctly, particularly the numbers 11 to 19 as many children find these numbers difficult.

By the age of 7 years old most children are able to

Count, read and write whole numbers up to 100, and put them in order
Count on or back in ones or tens from different starting numbers
Tell if numbers are odd or even
Know that you can undo an addition with a subtraction
Know when doing addition that its easier to start with the bigger number
Understand that multiplying is the same as adding more of the same number
Be able to double numbers or half them

Know the 2 and 10 times table by heart.

Don’t give your child a calculator to relay on as this will stop them using their fantastic brain, but do show them how to use an Abacus or the Anatex Ten Counter Abacus, to solve mathematical problems.

But maths isn’t always about calculating exact answers.

Being able to estimate a rough answer is an important skill that helps your child solve problems and check their work.

Virtually all those who have excelled in mathematics have stated that estimation was a prime skill.

Some simple Math games for kids to encourage estimating would be guesswork games.

Ask your child to guess how many peas he thinks are in the bag, or marbles in the pot. Then ask him to count them to check his own guesswork.

Let him know that there is nothing wrong with making an inaccurate guess, and that it is not always possible to know exact quantities, but do encourage him to learn to trust his own guesswork.

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Practice with guesswork will make it more accurate as time goes by, but do be playful when you are engaged in guesswork.

Check out the book by Tony Buzan called Brain Child it’s an excellent read for any parent.

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Magic Cauldron Game

This game has won awards for its unique way to make learning addition and subtraction exciting. Fill bubbling cauldrons with weird and wacky ingredients as you solve the sums. Check the answers by rubbing the heat sensitive ‘ghost’ patches on the cards to see if you are right.

Head Full of Numbers

The great new game that any number of children can play! Kids can't get enough of this fast-paced math game. Dice feature numbers 0 through 9 for comprehensive math practice using all operations, and game variations allow you to focus on different or more challenging math skills as needed.

Munch Math Game

This game was the 2004 Winner of the National Young Game Inventors Contest. The game challenges players to solve math equations to fill up their food cards, one bite at a time. Along the way, players must think strategically about how to slow their opponents down and about which foods are easier to swallow!

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