Math Games

Class Games

Bump To 10 Directions - game for learning facts to 10
Bump to 10 Board
Bump to 20 Board  - same directions as bump to 10

Trash Can - a place value game

101 and Out - a slightly more advanced place value game

Six Rolls to 100 Directions
Six Rolls Sheet

Commercial Games

There are many commercial games that help develop skills that are crucial to math learning.  Several of these games are listed below.  Some of the skills that can be developed by playing the game are also indicated.  If you are playing these games with your child, do not feel you need to turn the game into a mathematical lesson, simply playing and discussing the game (your strategies) is enough for child to benefit.

  • SIMON (sequencing, following multi-step directions, visual and auditory memory)
  • OTHELLO (pattern recognition, spatial orientation, visual clustering, focus on more than one aspect, variable or concept at a time)
  • CONNECT FOUR (pattern recognition, spatial orientation, visual clustering, geometrical patterns)
  • MASTER MIND (sequencing, logical deduction, pattern recognition)
  • CARD GAMES (visual clustering, pattern recognition, number facts)
  • STRATEGO (spatial orientation, logical deduction, graphing)