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10 Ways To Make Math Fun
Has math become a battle at your house? Are you searching for ways to make math be more fun, as well as educational?
During my years of teaching in the public schools, as well as my more recent homeschooling years, I've come up with a variety of ways of making math more fun! Below you'll find 10 of my favorite math games and activities!
Different activities address different learning styles, so why not pick and choose a variety? Above all, though, pick ones you and your child enjoy doing!
The more hands-on and fun you can make math, the more math your child will learn!
Photo of math game, above, © 2012 Janiece Tobey.
Article © 2012 Janiece Tobey.
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During my years of teaching in the public schools, as well as my more recent homeschooling years, I've come up with a variety of ways of making math more fun! Below you'll find 10 of my favorite math games and activities!
Different activities address different learning styles, so why not pick and choose a variety? Above all, though, pick ones you and your child enjoy doing!
The more hands-on and fun you can make math, the more math your child will learn!
Photo of math game, above, © 2012 Janiece Tobey.
Article © 2012 Janiece Tobey.
All Rights Reserved.
10 Fun Math Games and Math Activities
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10 Ways To Make Math Fun!
Idea # 1: Play Store!
Idea #2: Go To A Real Store!
Idea #3: Sing A Math Song!
Idea #4: Play A Game!
Idea #5 Use Math Manipulatives!
Idea #6: Race Your Child!
Idea #7: Get Active!
Idea #8: Turn Math Into A Story!
Idea #9: Play Math Games On The Computer!
Idea #10: Have Your Child Create A Math Game!
Bonus # 1: Adrian Bruce - Free Printable Math Games!
Bonus #2: Rocket Mind Games!
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Fun Math Idea # 1: Play Store!
Playing Store Is An Excellent Way To Practice Math Skills!
Simple adding and subtracting, multiplying, figuring out how much something costs if it's a certain percentage off, etc!
Photo © by Janiece.
There is so much to learn from playing store!
Younger children can practice counting money, or making change. An older child can practice figuring out tax, or discounts when an item is on sale (20 % off, for example.) Kids can practice adding and subtracting, with or without decimals, multiplying ("I'll take three of those balls at $1.50 each, please!")..and so much more! Middle Schoolers could even practice adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers while playing store.
Playing Store is one of our favorite math activities!
Fun Math Idea #2: Go To A Real Store!
What Math Can You Learn At A Real Store?
Counting money, adding and subtracting, multiplying, percentages, comparing prices,and more
You can learn some of the same type stuff at a real store, as well as compare prices (taking quantity into account), etc, Plus you can get your real shopping done at the same time! It does take a while longer to shop this way, but even if your child only "finds the best deal" for two or three of the things you're purchasing, at least he/she is getting to see math being used for real purposes!.
If your child is given some money for his (or her) birthday or other special day, have him add up what he wants at the store before he gets to the cash register, to make sure he has enough money. Let him hand the cashier the money himself. Counting out the money is part of the learning experience! Don't forget to have him double check to make sure he got back the right change!
If your child is given some money for his (or her) birthday or other special day, have him add up what he wants at the store before he gets to the cash register, to make sure he has enough money. Let him hand the cashier the money himself. Counting out the money is part of the learning experience! Don't forget to have him double check to make sure he got back the right change!
Fun Math Idea #3: Sing A Math Song!
Sing a Math Song!
Learn addition, subtraction, skip counting, multiplication, and more from a song!
Songs have a way of sticking with us. There are quite a few math songs available on the market. They teach everything from the addition and subtraction facts, to skip counting, to multiplication and division, and more!
Remember Schoolhouse Rock? What a great way to remember the multiplication facts, and a whole host of other educational facts too!
You can make up your own songs as well! Does your child need to learn the prime numbers? Can you tape record you and your child singing them to a familiar tune? Play it back everyday, and sing along again!
Remember Schoolhouse Rock? What a great way to remember the multiplication facts, and a whole host of other educational facts too!
You can make up your own songs as well! Does your child need to learn the prime numbers? Can you tape record you and your child singing them to a familiar tune? Play it back everyday, and sing along again!
Carson Dellosa Cd-104170 Mastering Math Facts Multiplication & Division
Amazon Price: $14.60 (as of 06/02/2012)
Schoolhouse Rock
Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition)
Amazon Price: $10.94 (as of 06/02/2012)
My Hero, Zero.
Elementary, My Dear
3 is a Magic Number
The Four-Legged Zoo
Ready or Not, Here I come
I Got Six
Lucky Seven Sampson
Figure Eight
Naughty Number Nine
The Good Eleven
Little Twelvetoes
Remember all the other School House Rock Songs you heard as a child on Saturday mornings?
Interplanet Janet, Conjuction Junction, I'm Just A Bill,
The Body Machine, The Tale Of Mr. Morton,
A Noun Is A Person, Place or Thing,
and all the rest are located on this one DVD!
Divison Songs
Division Songs-CD (Audio Memory)
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 06/02/2012)
Addition Songs
Addition Songs-CD (Audio Memory)
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 06/02/2012)
Addition and Subtraction Rock
![Addition & Subtraction Rock [With Book(s)] (Rock 'n Learn)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JMiljn7zL._SL160_.jpg)
Addition & Subtraction Rock [With Book(s)] (Rock 'n Learn)
Amazon Price: $6.89 (as of 06/02/2012)
Fun Math Idea #4: Play A Game!
Play a Math Game
Or change a regular game into a math learning opportunity!
Photo © by Janiece.
There are so many ways to incorporate games into your homeschool math lessons or homework assistance.
1. You can use family games, such as checkers or Sorry or any of a number of other fun family games! If math skills aren't a natural part of the game, just have your child answer a math fact before they take their turn. You can also do this with paper and pencil games, such as Tic Tac Toe. It's a great way to review math facts! (And it's a whole lot more fun than just plain flash cards!)
2. Look for games which teach the specific skills you're working on. There are lots of math games at the teacher stores and on Amazon which are designed to teach skills with money, using a checkbook, fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.
3. Change regular games, such as the Toss Across pictured here, into educational math games.
Toss Across
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 06/02/2012)
Smath
Create Your Own Math Equations, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
This game is a lot like scrabble, but with math equations. Smath is our FAVORITE math game!
Pressman Smath
Amazon Price: $5.69 (as of 06/02/2012)
Bean Bag Toss
Practice your adding skills while having fun!
Bean Bag Toss; no. PRE208812
Amazon Price: $7.44 (as of 06/02/2012)
Sum Swamp
An Addition and Subtraction game
Sum Swamp Addition and Subtraction Game
Amazon Price: $14.81 (as of 06/02/2012)
Dino Math Tracks
A place value game
Learning Resources Dino Math Tracks Place Value Game
Amazon Price: $16.00 (as of 06/02/2012)
Head Full of Numbers
Create equations using addition, subtraction, and optionally, multiplication and division.
Head Full of Numbers Math Game
Amazon Price: $9.98 (as of 06/02/2012)
Pigs
Each player must add up their own points each turn.
We love Pigs!! And it's a great way to practice adding in your head as you keep tally of your own score during a turn!
To play pigs, roll the "pig dice." Will one or both of your pigs land on their backs with their feet up in the air? Or maybe your pigs will land leaning forward on their snouts! The way the pigs land determines your score for that roll. You can keep rolling as long as you like each turn (adding your points as you go), but if you roll two pigs that are touching - watch out, as you've just lost all your points gained so far in the game! Knowing when to stop rolling and pass the pigs to the next player is an important part of the game because if the pigs land lying down but on opposite sides of their bodies, not only is your turn over, but you score 0 for that turn.
To play pigs, roll the "pig dice." Will one or both of your pigs land on their backs with their feet up in the air? Or maybe your pigs will land leaning forward on their snouts! The way the pigs land determines your score for that roll. You can keep rolling as long as you like each turn (adding your points as you go), but if you roll two pigs that are touching - watch out, as you've just lost all your points gained so far in the game! Knowing when to stop rolling and pass the pigs to the next player is an important part of the game because if the pigs land lying down but on opposite sides of their bodies, not only is your turn over, but you score 0 for that turn.
Pass the Pigs
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 06/02/2012)
The Iguana Factor
A Multiplication Game
The Iguana Factor Multiplication Game
Amazon Price: $13.67 (as of 06/02/2012)
Operation Space Chase
Addition, Subtraction, and Place Value Game
Learning Resources Operation Space Chase Addition Subtraction and Place Value Game
Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 06/02/2012)
Fun Math Idea #5: Use Math Manipulatives!
Math Manipulatives
Math-U-See Manipulatives
Photo © by Janiece.
Manipulatives not only make math more fun, they make it easier to understand. When a child understands WHY he's supposed to do something in mathematics, he becomes a much better mathematician. Comprehension is at least as important as getting a problem right! In fact, I'd rather have a child miss a particular problem, but understand the reasoning behind why it works the way it does, than get every problem right yet have no understanding of what's really happening.
Math-U-See Manipulatives And Curriculum are very popular in the homeschooling community! Not only are the manipulatives usually available on ebay, but often times you can find good deals on the curriculum as well.
In addition to Math-U-See Blocks, we use (or have used in earlier years), unifix cubes, fraction circles, pattern blocks, beads and other items for making patterns, and quite frequently even homemade manipulatives to meet our needs at that moment.
Pattern Blocks and Boards
Making patterns is not only fun, it's educational too!
Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards
Amazon Price: $9.68 (as of 06/02/2012)
Rainbow Fraction Deluxe Circles
These are excellent for learning about fractions!
I have three of these fraction circle sets, and have used them year after year when we study fractions in our homeschool lessons. We really love these! They make understanding fractions so much easier!
Rainbow Fraction Circles and Squares
Amazon Price: $7.11 (as of 06/02/2012)
Deluxe Fraction Tower Activity Set
Great for fractions, decimals and percents!
Snap the cubes together to learn abstract decimal, fraction, and percentage concepts.
Learning Resources - Deluxe Fraction Tower Activity Set, Math Manipulatives, For Grades 1-6
Amazon Price: $26.98 (as of 06/02/2012)
Unifix cubes
Unifix cubes are great for counting, sorting by color, more than / less than, sequencing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing!
Unifix Cubes; Assorted Colors; 100 Piece Set; no. DD-225
Amazon Price: $10.19 (as of 06/02/2012)
Cuisenaire Rods
This is a classic math manipulative!
This set of Cuisenaire rods contains 74 wood rods, which is enough for two students working together. They can be used for so many things: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and more.
Although Cuisenaire rods also come in plastic, get the wooden ones. The sound of them clicking together is so much nicer.
Although Cuisenaire rods also come in plastic, get the wooden ones. The sound of them clicking together is so much nicer.
Cuisenaire Rods Intro. Set Wood
Amazon Price: $12.05 (as of 06/02/2012)
Fun Math Idea #6: Race Your Child!
Who Will Win?
Who can be the first one to get the problem done...correctly?
Photo © by Janiece.
Copy on another piece of paper the same problem your child is getting ready to do. Each of you grab a pencil... On your mark, get set, GO! The first one to finish gets a point. BUT the answer must be correct. Both parties must finish the math problem too. It's no fair just sitting there waiting for the other to do all the work! Make two columns on the side of your paper and label one of them with your child's name and the other with your name. Keep up with the scores using tally marks under the winner's name.
(Note: If you find you're winning too many rounds, give your child a little bit of a head start. Allow your child to start, then begin counting (in your head so as not to get the numbers all mixed up in your child's head) slowly to 10, and then start the problem yourself. On the other hand, if your child is winning more than his share, maybe you ought to be the one to ask for a headstart!
When a page of pre-algebra problems has been staring my son in the face, we often turn the work into fun with this game! I now know more pre-algebra than I did when I took the course myself!
Fun Math Idea #7: Get Active!
1. Take a ball and go for a walk down your street with your child. Call out a math fact, and bounce the ball to your child. He or she catches it, calls out the answer, and bounces it back! If your child can't remember an answer, go ahead and help them figure it out, and then call that same fact out again in a few minutes.
2. Play Horse with your child and a basketball. Before taking a shot, you each have to answer a math fact!
3. Does your child love roller skating? Allow him or her to skate around in a large circle. Each time he or she gets back to where you are waiting, he has to answer one or two more math facts. (Maybe even 5 math facts, if it's a big circle he's skating in, and if he knows his facts fairly well but just needs a little review.)
4. Does your child like to hoola-hoop? How many math facts can she answer before dropping the hoop?
5. The possibilities are unlimited! Look at what your child enjoys doing, be creative, and come up with a way to incorporate math into it! (Of course, don't make him do math every time he does his favorite activity! Just use this idea ever so often!)
2. Play Horse with your child and a basketball. Before taking a shot, you each have to answer a math fact!
3. Does your child love roller skating? Allow him or her to skate around in a large circle. Each time he or she gets back to where you are waiting, he has to answer one or two more math facts. (Maybe even 5 math facts, if it's a big circle he's skating in, and if he knows his facts fairly well but just needs a little review.)
4. Does your child like to hoola-hoop? How many math facts can she answer before dropping the hoop?
5. The possibilities are unlimited! Look at what your child enjoys doing, be creative, and come up with a way to incorporate math into it! (Of course, don't make him do math every time he does his favorite activity! Just use this idea ever so often!)
Spalding NBA Street Basketball - Official Size 7 (29.5")
Amazon Price: $12.54 (as of 06/02/2012)
Fun Math Idea #8: Turn Math Into A Story!
If your child just stares at his math paper, or daydreams out the window, why not turn his math into a story - a real life story your child can understand.
Money, for example! Or baseball cards! Or sports! Use whatever interests your child, if you can!
-7 - 3 =
"If you owe Dad $7 for a toy you bought last week, and you owe him another $3 for a toy you bought today, how much do you owe Dad altogether?
( Note: a negative number is like owing someone that amount and a positive number is like receiving that amount.)
-2 + 5 =
"If you owe me $2 for a toy you bought last week, and you've now earned your allowance of $5, after you pay me what you owe me, how much will you have left?"
-6 + 8 =
"If you gave your friend 6 baseball cards, and he gave you 8 in return, how many would you have?"
4 X 2 =
"If your dad, brother, you and me all wanted to go ice skating, how many ice skates would we need?"
If they still have trouble even after the story, pull out the dollar bills or the baseball cards, and let them move the items around according to the story. If your child is first learning this skill, pull out the real life items from the very beginning! The more REAL you can make their math, the better they'll understand it!
Money, for example! Or baseball cards! Or sports! Use whatever interests your child, if you can!
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-7 - 3 =
"If you owe Dad $7 for a toy you bought last week, and you owe him another $3 for a toy you bought today, how much do you owe Dad altogether?
( Note: a negative number is like owing someone that amount and a positive number is like receiving that amount.)
-2 + 5 =
"If you owe me $2 for a toy you bought last week, and you've now earned your allowance of $5, after you pay me what you owe me, how much will you have left?"
-6 + 8 =
"If you gave your friend 6 baseball cards, and he gave you 8 in return, how many would you have?"
4 X 2 =
"If your dad, brother, you and me all wanted to go ice skating, how many ice skates would we need?"
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If they still have trouble even after the story, pull out the dollar bills or the baseball cards, and let them move the items around according to the story. If your child is first learning this skill, pull out the real life items from the very beginning! The more REAL you can make their math, the better they'll understand it!
Here's Another Way To Turn Math Into A Story!
Learn Multiplication and Division with Times Tales
These are short little stories that help kids learn their upper multiplication and division facts. There are characters, that correspond with specific numerals, which are used over and over in the stories. This helps the child remember which story goes with which set of numerals.
We used these a few years ago and have since loaned our copy to another homeschooling family who've enjoyed them as well!
We used these a few years ago and have since loaned our copy to another homeschooling family who've enjoyed them as well!
Times Tales
Amazon Price: $19.50 (as of 06/02/2012)
Times Tables the Fun Way
I've not used this, but it appears similar to the Times Tales Program. Perhaps you'd like it even better?
Times Tables the Fun Way: Book for Kids: A Picture Method of Learning the Multiplication Facts
Amazon Price: $18.94 (as of 06/02/2012)
Fun Math Idea #9: Play Math Games On The Computer!
Math Games On The Computer
These can be store bought PC math games, as well as online math games.
![Carmen Sandiego Math Detective [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K1XD3CDQL._SL160_.jpg)
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective [OLD VERSION]
Amazon Price: $2.02 (as of 06/02/2012)
Math Blaster in the Prime Adventure
Math Blaster in the Prime Adventure
Amazon Price: $37.81 (as of 06/02/2012)
Times Attack
My son loved this fun "video game" for learning the multiplication facts!
Timez Attack Standard--Home License
Amazon Price: $44.99 (as of 06/02/2012)
JUMPSTART MATH BOOSTER
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 06/02/2012)
Fun Math Idea #10: Have Your Child Create A Math Game!
Child Created Math Game
Have Your Child Make Up Their Own Math Game!
The sky's the limit here! Just have them use things you have around the house, plus maybe some poster board from the store if they'd like it. Help them out while they create their game - if they'd like for you to do so. Otherwise, use the time to create a game for the two of you to play another day!
The sky's the limit here! Just have them use things you have around the house, plus maybe some poster board from the store if they'd like it. Help them out while they create their game - if they'd like for you to do so. Otherwise, use the time to create a game for the two of you to play another day!
Bonus # 1: Adrian Bruce - Free Printable Math Games!
I've used a variety of Adrian Bruce's FREE printable educational games over the years. You select a game, print it on your computer (cardstock is best, as it helps the game be more durable for repeated use!), cover the pieces in clear contact paper if desired, cut them out, and play! You can store the pieces in a small ziplock bag, or put a rubber band around them.
I particularly love Adrian Bruce's reading games, but his math games are awesome too! There's no cost involved, other than the cost of ink and cardstock for your printer.
To view and/or download some of his games, check out:
Adrian Bruce Math Games
While you're on his site, look for his free subscription service. If you'll provide him with your name and email address, he'll notify you when he's added new games to his site! And no, he won't send you any spam!!
I particularly love Adrian Bruce's reading games, but his math games are awesome too! There's no cost involved, other than the cost of ink and cardstock for your printer.
To view and/or download some of his games, check out:
Adrian Bruce Math Games
While you're on his site, look for his free subscription service. If you'll provide him with your name and email address, he'll notify you when he's added new games to his site! And no, he won't send you any spam!!
Bonus #2: Rocket Mind Games!
More Fun Learning Activities
Rocketminds, by Crayola, makes a variety of hands-on fun educational games for kids.
In the photograph at the very top of the page are two large colorful dice. They are used in a game called Math For Kicks which was created by Rocketminds. In Math For Kicks, players take turns kicking (or tossing) three large inflatable dice into the air. Two of the dice have numbers on them, and the three has addition signs, subtraction signs, and "extra turn" signs, which indicate what the child is to do with the numbers they rolled. The fun comes in...well, with getting to kick large inflatable dice for one thing, but also from some cards which give various silly, goofy, or funny tasks for the child to do, such as singing a song while hopping backwards 5 times..things like that. The game is a LOT of fun, and is a great way to review addition and subtraction facts!
P.S. We played it in a hallway and never had any problems with knocking lamps or other things over. If you had a large playroom or other open area, that'd be another great place to play it. In fact, the directions mention it's fine to play it inside or outside. Grass won't make the dice pop!
We also have one of their spelling games called, Step 'n Spell. In this game, kids spell out words by stepping on the letters in order on a large plastic floor mat. You can play it as a game, or as just an activity. Get creative with the rules, and take your own turns jumping on the mat as well! Challenge your child to notice when you misspell a word by jumping on a wrong letter!
We also have and have enjoyed playing the Rocketmind game, Spin, Spend, and Earn! This game teaches kids about money. It's a lot of fun too! If I remember correctly, the players of the game pretend to do chores (which are told to them on game cards) to earn money. When they have enough money, they can buy various items that are for sale. The game can be easily adjusted to be harder or easier, depending upon the level of your child. For example, you can have things priced in just dollars, or include coins too, so that your children have to add in decimals.
Ebay sometimes has various Rocketmind games for sale. If there are any currently available, hopefully you'll find them listed here.
This site also usually has some Rocketmind games for sale --> The Find
In the photograph at the very top of the page are two large colorful dice. They are used in a game called Math For Kicks which was created by Rocketminds. In Math For Kicks, players take turns kicking (or tossing) three large inflatable dice into the air. Two of the dice have numbers on them, and the three has addition signs, subtraction signs, and "extra turn" signs, which indicate what the child is to do with the numbers they rolled. The fun comes in...well, with getting to kick large inflatable dice for one thing, but also from some cards which give various silly, goofy, or funny tasks for the child to do, such as singing a song while hopping backwards 5 times..things like that. The game is a LOT of fun, and is a great way to review addition and subtraction facts!
P.S. We played it in a hallway and never had any problems with knocking lamps or other things over. If you had a large playroom or other open area, that'd be another great place to play it. In fact, the directions mention it's fine to play it inside or outside. Grass won't make the dice pop!
We also have one of their spelling games called, Step 'n Spell. In this game, kids spell out words by stepping on the letters in order on a large plastic floor mat. You can play it as a game, or as just an activity. Get creative with the rules, and take your own turns jumping on the mat as well! Challenge your child to notice when you misspell a word by jumping on a wrong letter!
We also have and have enjoyed playing the Rocketmind game, Spin, Spend, and Earn! This game teaches kids about money. It's a lot of fun too! If I remember correctly, the players of the game pretend to do chores (which are told to them on game cards) to earn money. When they have enough money, they can buy various items that are for sale. The game can be easily adjusted to be harder or easier, depending upon the level of your child. For example, you can have things priced in just dollars, or include coins too, so that your children have to add in decimals.
Ebay sometimes has various Rocketmind games for sale. If there are any currently available, hopefully you'll find them listed here.
This site also usually has some Rocketmind games for sale --> The Find
BIN971007 - Rocket Minds Brain Power Game, Think-Ama-Jink Checkers
Amazon Price: $7.50 (as of 06/02/2012)
Additional Math Resources
Online Math Activities and Games
- Online Math Games for PreK to Algebra! (Crickweb)
- This is a collection of online math games for everyone from preK up to students studying algebra! Games help students learn about shapes, fractions, decimals, odd and even numbers, Venn diagrams, and others.
- Online Numeracy Games (ICT)
- These online games include place value, counting, addition, subtraction, odd and even, multiplication and rounding, and more.
- Free Online Logic Puzzles!
- This website includes 20 logic puzzles with a wide variety of difficulty levels.
- 10ticks Maths Games and Activities
- Practice your addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and algebra while playing games!
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cacey-taylor May 23, 2012 @ 8:50 pm | delete
- What an excellent lens. My personal favorite is the letting your child create a math game. What an outstanding idea that with unlimited possibilities.
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ketulpatel2385
May 17, 2012 @ 8:29 am | delete
- extremely useful and would make learning fun for students. great lense. I have also recently started writing on mathematics related topic, vedic maths to be specifc
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scarlettohairy May 16, 2012 @ 1:11 am | delete
- These all look like great ways to teach/learn math! I love the store scenario.
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brian-mclogan Apr 28, 2012 @ 12:44 pm | delete
- Great information! Education starts with Energy!
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Centavo
Mar 14, 2012 @ 3:00 pm | delete
- Being a retired teacher, I also know where you are coming fun. A great way to get kids involved in Math is to use games and fun activities. They end up learning without even knowing it. Great lens, thanks.
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ginayonque
Mar 13, 2012 @ 8:02 pm | delete
- hooray to the ideas presented to make learning math fun
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ronaldpakasi
Mar 11, 2012 @ 9:31 am | delete
- Thank you for sharing the ideas! Such a great lens! I wish I had you for a math teacher when I was a kid...hahaha!
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favored1
Mar 11, 2012 @ 6:23 am | delete
- Really good ideas, where were you when I learned math?
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daria369
Mar 10, 2012 @ 8:04 am | delete
- Learning while playing is the best way to teach, especially subjects like math, which is not exactly everyone's favorite. Great lens and ideas!! :)
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heehaw
Mar 9, 2012 @ 3:22 pm | delete
- thanks for such a superb lens which has great ideas of teaching kids to learn maths.
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grumpylittletree
Mar 9, 2012 @ 1:58 pm | delete
- So many great ideas! I am going to be using a lot of these.
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duslan
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- Fantastic ideas!
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snazzify
Mar 9, 2012 @ 12:14 am | delete
- blessed by a squid angel :) <3
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Tugee
Mar 8, 2012 @ 9:23 pm | delete
- Math is one of my favorite things in the world. Great lens on it.
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ITCoach
Mar 8, 2012 @ 3:26 am | delete
- great lens, really informative!
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Keeah
Mar 7, 2012 @ 2:31 pm | delete
- Great LENS! I have a math Lens as well and I just added this to the lens roll.
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binmark
Mar 6, 2012 @ 2:32 pm | delete
- Math is fun I explained the good way, just think of the birthday paradoxon for example.
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Tipi
Mar 6, 2012 @ 2:27 pm | delete
- It seems I keep returning to your lenses to congratulate you on front page honors and here I am again....wishing I could bless again!
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PecjakJN
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tainlaulence
Mar 5, 2012 @ 8:26 pm | delete
- great lens.
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juliavm
Mar 5, 2012 @ 2:41 am | delete
- Really great ideas here. Some of them might just work for my nephew. Great lens.
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allenwebstarme
Mar 5, 2012 @ 1:06 am | delete
- Fantastic, educational lens for children.
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LazyEasyFun
Mar 4, 2012 @ 11:27 pm | delete
- it's always better to learn through games - kids don't get bored and everybody wins. thanks for these great ideas!
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MelonyVaughan
Mar 4, 2012 @ 11:04 pm | delete
- Great lens! Really enjoyed it!
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Mar 1, 2012 @ 5:07 am | delete
- This is a nice fun-filled resource and activity planner for kids!
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