Math Games

a few online math games that my 4th graders like:

Penguin Jump multiplication http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_PenguinJumpMultiplicati...

Guide the Gecko/Bridge Builder Fractions http://www.mathplayground.com/FractionGame/FractionGame.html

Also the multiplication table section of freerice.com gives kids (and grownups) a chance to practice their math for the benefit of the World Food Programme - for each correct answer, they donate 10 grains of rice to the UN world Food Programme http://freerice.com/#/multiplication-table/17488

Math bingo can be another fun activity - in my DD's 3rd grade class last year, the kids would write down numbers on a bingo card and I would pull out different multiplication problems (so if I called "2 x 4", any student with an "8" on his/her card could cover that space) until one of the students got bingo.

easiest game that you have on hand already and it reinforces additon/subtraction/fact families is
"Go Fish For Tens."
Get a deck of cards, pick out the Ace - 9 and put the others aside (you don't need them). Play like normal "Go Fish." Pass out 5 -7 cards. Make pairs of ten. So if you have a 7 and a 3, you have a pair, so pull those out and set them aside. Then start asking. I have a 5, so I'm going to ask you "Do you have any 5s?" "yes" or "go fish!" Play with the rules you want (ie, go again if you make a pair, or your turn's over. Doesn't matter.) What matters is that the kids learn that 9 and 1 will always go together to make ten. 2 and 8 will always go together to make ten. So when they see 20 - 4, they will soon learn and know that their answer will end with a 6, because 4 and 6 go together. Get it? We played this game a lot when i taught 2nd grade. Took them a while. They wanted to make pairs "7 and 7!" "no, 7 plus 7 isn't ten."
When you're done playing, have them count their pairs by ten - 10,20,30,etc. Then count your pairs. Then find the difference between your score and their score 70 minus 50 is 20. Have them sort their pairs or put their cards in order from greatest to lowest, lowest to greatest.

Google the game "QUIRKLE". it may be too advanced for your kids. But it's won all sorts of rewards. It is a lot about patterns and sorting, thinking and logic.

coolmath.com is fabulous! Give it a shot.

Friends from out of town just brought our 1st Grader a game called, "Double Shutter: Shut the Super Box" It's great for addition, recognizing dice patterns as numbers, and also regular numbers, and it's fun for all of us. I'd recommend it. The focus is on addition, and the box says for 8- adult, but it seems to be geared to the math my 1st grader is being introduced to in school.

I am a former math teacher. Most board games have some math element involved. There are several I could recommend. BLOCKUS will help reinforce spatial reasoning and logic skills. CHUTES AND LADDERS teaches adding 1 through 6 up to 100. TROUBLE helps with prediction skills, estimating and counting. Using a deck of cards and playing WAR helps develop number recognition and the idea of greater and less than. In fact most CARD GAMES can reinforce these skills - SOLITAIRE, UNO SKIP BO. DOMINOES and RUMMIKUBE also reinforce these ideas. YAHTZEE helps with addition skills and if I remember correctly, even multiplication. MONOPOLY and MONOPOLY JR. both teach a lot about adding and about money skills. S'MATH is similar to scrabble, but uses math operations instead. MATH DASH is similar to S'math. SCRABBLE reinforces spelling skills and score keeping lets kids practice addition of multiple digit numbers. BATTLESHIP teaches graphing skills. TOTALLY TUT is a great one for practicing basic operations. MONEY BAGS is a game that teaches counting change. MANCALA is great for counting. CHECKERS and CHESS are fantastic for develop logic and reasoning skills which are essential to math.

Many of these games can be found on gaming systems or online versions. But playing an actual board game, setting it up, preparing, counting, touching is much more valuable to kids.

If you'd like some online resources. Pbskids.org has a few math games. I love coolmath.com. THere are lots of resources and online games on that website. And funbrain.com has a math arcade.

HTH!

Check out Lakeshore Store. They have lots of great educational games.

I was running into the same problem. My son (3) really likes the Team Ummi Zoomi math games on nickjr.com. Other than that, we will make our own patterns and counting out of coloring stripes together, and doing addition and subtraction with dice.

I just baked cookies with my kids, my 3rd grader tripled the recipe (including fractions) and my pre-k kept count as I was measuring, and I would ask him how many more.
I'm glad you posted this question. I am going to look into some of the other responses.
Master-mind is another great thinking game. and I just bought a simon says in key-chain size, great for pattern recognition.

I love games from the co. called Thinkfun. Here's one to reinforce math facts: http://www.thinkfun.com/findagameresults?type=any&ski...

We have a store called Marbles the Brain Store. It is an awesome store where all the games are fun and educational. I'd suggest stopping in there if you have one near you. The workers let you play with almost all the games and teach you the concepts. They are SO helpful about choosing games for certain concepts. You can order online if you don't have one near you.
http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/?gclid=CJOShKrk1qsCFY...

Here's another good store that I love going to because the games are fun and educational. Many teachers shop here. I am not sure if you have one near you, but they have an online store too. My kids love going to Lakeshore and Marbles so much! If you call them or stop in and tell them what math concepts you want to reinforce, they'll have a lot of ideas for you! http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/seo/f%7C/Assortments/Lak...

I wish I could think of some specific games but I have to get going! I hope you get a lot of good ideas!

Here is the website our elementary school uses in their computer lab. To see other grade levels, just click on "Resources" at the top of the screen. I hope this helps. :)

http://reese.lodiusd.net/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&...

www.afterschoolers.com is a good website with math sheets by grade level. Good luck.