Making The Math Study Fun

Parents need to take the first and most important step in their desire to help their struggling math student improve their skills by using fun math games at home. Keep the pressure off! Parental pressure to improve and get better often just adds to the problem. Make sure you understand your child's learning style and use the schools experience with struggling math students to guide you. Often, time is what is needed, eventually it all comes together. This is why math games targeted for specific skills, can be useful while taking the pressure off as well.

Stair Math
Math flash cards are usually pretty boring. What you can do for your active child is put a card on each step going up your stairs and then along the hall and into another room. Place these every foot or two. Some kids like to be timed, so get out your stopwatch and yell "go!" My son will race up the stairs as quickly as he can while shouting out the answers. He makes it to his room and jumps on his bed in triumph. You can do this game several times.

Hangman - A challenging mathematical version of an old favorite! This game is played like the word version but a mathematical equation is used instead.
* This can be adjusted to the ability level or the students. e.g. _ _ _ _ _ _ (5+6=15)
* For more complex equations, players could be permitted to use a calculator. e.g. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56x27=1512
* Players take turns to say a digit or a symbol while the recorder places any correct digits or symbols in the equation.
* The recorder is the winner if the Hangman is not completed or the player who gives the final digit or symbol is the winner.

Dominoes - All you need is a set of dominoes, and this beloved game will help your young child develop their counting and matching skills in no time.
* Dominoes are laid out face down. Players pick their dominoes. (If 2 players - pick 7 each. If 3-4 players pick 5 each.)
* Player with the highest double starts by laying a tile in the centre. Other players take turns at joining to a tile joining a number to the same number.
* If a player can't put down a tile, he picks one up.
* First player to put down all of his tiles is the winner.

Get Close to 100
What you need:- 2 - 4 players- deck of cards, 10s removed- Get "Close to 100" recording sheets (below) for each player. The object of the game is to make a two-digit addition problem that comes as close to 100 as possible.

Find It First
Use this fun math game to practice basic times tables (or addition, subtraction or division also).Simply write the answers to tables you are going to practice, randomly over the board or a piece of paper, e.g. to practice eight times tables write - 8, 16, 24, 32, 40 etc. To make the game a bit more challenging, you can add a few other numbers.Two kids stand or sit either side to the numbers and a multiplication table is given, e.g. 7 multiplied by 8.Kids compete to be the first to point to the answer.The first point to the answer, scores a point and the first to have three points is the winner.This game works well as a whole class game with children representing their team or have a tournament to find who the class champion is with each child having a go.

Using games in math offers so much more than just fun. These games also help to develop a deep understanding of number concepts and a confident attitude towards a sometimes unpopular subject. Don't be surprised when hear, 'Gee that was fun! Can we do it again?'

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