Friday is math game computation day. Each week I pick a game from either the Everyday Math book or I create one myself. I'm actually in the process of putting together a book of math games to be submitted to a publisher. That's a little ways off, but still a goal of mine.
The goal of Math Games Friday is to get the students working with numbers with a variety of operations. We haven't hit division yet, but we are playing quite a few games that involve addition, subtraction and multiplication. Every game involves two things that most people have in their house - dice and playing cards. A few of the games I've designed have very simple goals - be the first to get to "x" number. The game might involve them rolling the dice, multiplying the numbers together to get the product, and finally taking a card off the pile to add to the total. They have a score sheet next to them to keep track. Simple as that. Once the students see there is a goal or set number to reach, they really get into it.
Math games at home can be just as simple. You will see how your son or daughter begins to develop their own strategy for adding problems like 18 + 8 or 14 + 3. Learning the facts takes a lot of time and commitment. I've found this class needs as much work in computation as they can get so get your dice and cards and put in some quality math time.
Have a great weekend everyone. I just found out from a friend of mine that I will be playing Whistling Straits tomorrow (Saturday). I think I'll need to buy a few extra sleeves of balls. Regardless, I'm sure it'll be fun.
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