Math Game

Here's a game I found on the Living Math group. If you are working on place value, this might help.

I just played this with my 7yo who is learning place value and she really enjoyed it.

You need a 0-99 board (or a hundreds board, but I think it's better to use one that starts with 0 and ends at 99), and a homemade die or spinner. On the spinner, mark off spaces for: +10, -10, +1, -1.

You can play cooperatively by moving one marker on the board, or competitively if you each move your own marker on the board.

Start at 0, spin the spinner and do what it says. You should write down the equation for practice, eg, 0 + 10 = 10, and then move. (If you can't move because you'd have to go off the board, then just leave your marker and it becomes the other person's turn.

Just take turns spinning and moving, and decide whether you want to have a winner when one gets to 99, or play for a certain time limit or number of turns. This is great practice in adding and subtracting tens.

A more difficult variation is to use arrows to indicate your movement on the board (this is in some of the Miquon workbooks too):

right arrow is +1
left arrow is -1
down arrow is +10
up arrow is -10

When proficient, you can give each other instructions that combine arrows (right and down - which would be +11; or left, up and left again, which would be -12) A real challenge is to do it in your head!

from Doreen on Living Math Forum

Living Math books are a terrific way to inspire your kids to learn mathematical concepts. See some excellent examples HERE

Kerry