As hard as it is for me, I KNOW it is beneficial to break away from the tedious, redundant math books. I fail tremendously in this area! I am check off list girl. And I can’t check off the math book until we are 100% finished with it for the year. I don’t want to be this way! I strongly believe in reading Living Math books and making math real everyday. But it’s still a struggle for me. I have tons of math games and math living books, too! We do not utilize them like we should!
I have decided next year, one day a week, we will ditch the math books and read living math books and do a math activity of some sort . Also, I am going to plan a designated computer time for each of my children for on-line math learning, too! (So stay tuned for a future post on our favorite FREE on-line math games)
Here are a list of a few sites that have offer math activities for FREE! These are not on-line games, but games and activities that are hands on.
- Creative Math Projects for K-8
- Math Activities to do with your Kids
- Count and Collect – geared for younger children
- Great Math Games – games to print
- Mixing in Card Games with Math – lots of games that use playing cards with pdf instructions
These are just a few of the favorite ones that I found that I plan on using with my children!
Do you play math games with your children? If so, what’s your favorite?
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I can’t wait to read your next post on this! I was a teacher before having my children and I feel like the “brainwashing” I received is so hard to break away from, but I am getting there! We were so “programmed” to teach to tests, check off boxes, etc., etc. I want learning to be so much more for my children! I want even math to be more fun, so I am going to be learning from you what games and activities I can do with my brood! 🙂
I pinned this post so I could remember to check out those great links when I have more time. I have preschoolers so most of our math right now is hands on, daily living “stuff.” But my girls also love their workbooks that they do just for fun.