Play to Learn at Home!
Life is BUSY and we are always on the run! It can be really hard to find the time to hunker down and do homework, much less kick back and enjoy playing a game with your favorite kids! Next time you are running out the door, grab a deck of cards to stick in your bag and while you are waiting for the next event to begin, grab that deck of cards and enjoy some good old-fashioned "play to learn" time with your favorite 3rd grader!
Close Call- Addition
How many ways can your child create sum up to 100? This fun card game is a great way for your child to learn addition patterns while he assembles a game-winning strategy.
What You Need:
How many ways can your child create sum up to 100? This fun card game is a great way for your child to learn addition patterns while he assembles a game-winning strategy.
What You Need:
- Deck of playing cards
- Paper
- Pencils
- 2 or more players
- Ask one of the players to remove all of the face cards and 10s from the deck.
- Shuffle the deck and place it face down in the center of the table.
- Each player should select 4 cards from the deck and place them face up.
- Ask them to rearrange their cards and try to create number pairs that when added together come close to 100. For example, the cards 5, 1, 4, 9, can be arranged to create two larger numbers: 51 and 49. When added together 51 and 49 equal 100.
- When everyone's ready, they should share their final numbers. Whoever is closest to 100 receives a point.
- Play for 10 rounds. The player with the most points at the end of the final round wins.
Addition War (I call it Flip and Add)
Are you tired of addition worksheets? This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child learn a bit of math! It’s fun, it can be played practically anywhere and best of all, it'll help your kid master his addition skills.
What You Need:
Are you tired of addition worksheets? This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child learn a bit of math! It’s fun, it can be played practically anywhere and best of all, it'll help your kid master his addition skills.
What You Need:
- Deck of cards
- 2 or more players
- Tell the players that for the purposes of the game aces= 1. Then, have your child shuffle the deck of cards.
- Have her deal the entire deck out evenly between both her and her friend.
- The rules of the game are pretty much like War (both kids flip over a card at the same time), but instead of the player with highest card winning, the first player to say the sum of the two cards aloud wins the two cards.
- The first child to accumulate all of the cards is the winner.
Race To Simplify- FRACTIONS
Race to simplify fractions in this fast-paced game! All you need to play is a deck of cards, paper and pencils. Shuffle the cards, and you're ready to get started. Simplifying fractions is an essential skill for every math student in the fifth grade or higher. Students need continued practice with simplification in order to successfully add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. Play this game again and again and work towards mastering this important concept!
What You Need:
Race to simplify fractions in this fast-paced game! All you need to play is a deck of cards, paper and pencils. Shuffle the cards, and you're ready to get started. Simplifying fractions is an essential skill for every math student in the fifth grade or higher. Students need continued practice with simplification in order to successfully add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. Play this game again and again and work towards mastering this important concept!
What You Need:
- Deck of playing cards (with face cards removed)
- Even number of players
- Paper
- Pencils
- Create a fraction bar sheet by drawing a line across a piece of paper.
- Set up the game so that the players face one another. For each pair of two players, you'll need to create a separate fraction game board.
- Shuffle the deck of cards.
- Distribute the deck evenly between two players.
- Have the players place their decks face down in front of them.
- To start playing the players should simultaneously turn over a card from their deck and place it on the fraction bar sheet. Each player should place one card above the fraction bar. The cards above the fraction bar represent the numerator.
- Then the players should place one card below the fraction bar. The card below the bar represents the denominator.
- There should be a card above the bar and a card below the bar, giving you four cards total.
- The first player to correctly simplify the fraction shown by the cards wins all four cards. If a tie results, split the cards evenly.
- If the fraction can't be simplified, each player should collect the card that the other player put down and position it at the bottom of his deck.
- Play continues until one player has accumulated all of the cards.
- Alternatively, you could set a time limit on the game. When time is up, the player with the most cards wins!