Long time readers of this blog know that my kids love math and as a family we have enjoyed many an evening playing games, teasing out puzzles and solving brain teasers. Bethany of Math Geek Mama is here today to share something that combines all four topics into one stupendous activity: a math card puzzle…
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Math Games for Kids
Math games combine my children's passion for games and math activities. Sometimes we make up our own games using materials we have at home but we also play a lot of traditional board games that exercise math games.
Martinetti Dice Game: A Nail-Biting Family Game of Chance
You know those moments where you are thinking about how you just have to get something done? A phone call to the orthodontist, send off a quick business email, or carefully stir the beurre blanc on the stove. Okay, I’m just kidding about that last one. But you know where I’m going. Your kids have played a…
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Fun Game Despite the Name: Drop Dead
Let me introduce you to your next awesome boredom buster. Drop Dead. Okay, the name is a little off-putting, I will give you that. But, look. My kids LOVE dice games. They play it over and over. It’s quick, requires no strategy or special skills (although it does sneak in some math practice) and any number…
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Lu-lu Dice: A Fun Math Game from Hawai’i
You and your kids may have never heard of Lu-lu Dice, but brace yourselves because you are about to discover an awesome new boredom buster that just so happens to have a sneaky math component. It’s a win-win situation: your kids will be occupied playing a fun game and learning something, will you will get some…
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Magic Triangle: Math Puzzle for Kids
Are you ready to give your kids a fun math puzzle and brain teaser to streeeaaaatch their brains? I’m ready to give you one! Have you ever heard of the magic triangle puzzle? The concept is similar to the magic square, which was part of our diy Camp Mathematics last year. In that case, the…
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Math Tic Tac Toe: Fun Way to Practice Mental Math
We love games (as you well know) and math games are even better! Tired of the old Tic Tac Toe game? Mix it up with some number sense and turn it into Math Tic Tac Toe! This basic math game is perfect for the early grades when kids are working on adding more than two numbers….
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The Tower of Hanoi: Math Logic Puzzle for Kids
You might have noticed we are on a serious math and logic brain teaser kick around here. After the success of the cubic puzzler and the harder-than-it-looks T puzzle, I have been on the hunt for more classic math games and puzzles. I stumbled across The Tower of Hanoi. Sounds sort of like some mysterious and…
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Math Dice Games Kids Can Play Cooperatively!
We acquired a set of Math Dice a few years ago and my son loved playing with them but they have been languishing in the game closet for a while now so I thought it was time to bring them out for some fun math dice games during our final week of Camp Mathematics. We had…
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Magic Squares Math Fun
If you are like me, you’ve heard of magic squares but you’ve never actually tried your hand at solving one. Since this week’s theme for Camp Mathematics is computing I figured getting my kids to try their hand at a magic square math puzzle would be a good a mathematical recreation activity. After all, my…
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Simple Counting Game to Teach Subtraction Skills
We are kicking off the first week of Camp Mathematics with a simple, quick and fun counting game. This math game looks deceptively simple but it exercises kids’ logic and reasoning skills. It’s a good early math activity in preparation for addition and subtraction but I played a few rounds with my soon-to-be 5th grader and…
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