Websites You Could Visit with Your Child/Children

Websites you could visit with your child/children:

maths/

math-games.com

games.com/math.php

Parent Tip 1: Remember that some of the games will have a pattern and talking about the answers will help to ensure the children understand the maths involved in each game.

Parent Tip 2: If you search for maths game websites on Google or similar search engines you can find hundreds of websites with good quality games, the list is endless but those listed above will get you started. (

Games to be played at home:

Parent Tip 3: Playing games often for short periods of time will be more effective than playing for a long time. It will also keep the games interesting and engaging.

“Card smarts”

What you'll need
Playing cards, pencil, and paper

 How many numbers can we make? Give each player a piece of paper and a pencil. Using the cards from 1 to 9, deal four cards out with the numbers showing. Using all four cards and a choice of any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, have each player see how many different numbers a person can get in 5 minutes. Players get one point for each answer. For example, suppose the cards drawn are 4, 8, 9, and 2. What numbers can be made?

Make the most of it. This game is played with cards Card Smarts from 1 to 9. Each player alternates drawing one card at a time, trying to create the largest 5-digit number possible. As the cards are drawn, each player puts the cards down in their "place" (ten thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens, ones) with the numbers showing.Once placed, a card cannot be moved. The first player with the largest 5-digit number wins. For example, if a 2 was drawn first, the player might place it in the ones' place, but if the number had been an 8, it might have been put in the ten thousands' place.

“Shopping”

What you'll need
Empty containers (cartons or boxes), old magazines, books, newspapers, calculator, pencil or crayon, and paper

Help your child collect empty containers so that you can play as if you were shopping at the supermarket. Gather the items and put them on a table.
Help your child think of a price for each item. Mark the prices on the containers. You can even mark some items on sale.
Pretend to be the customer while your child is the cashier.
Help your child add the prices of each item on the calculator and total the amount using the (=) symbol. Have your child write the total on a piece of paper, which will be your receipt.
While you and your child play store, you can ask questions likehow much would it cost to buy three cartons of eggs? How much does 1 box of soap cost, if they are 2 for £5.00? How much is my receipt, if I don't buy the cereal? How much more will it cost if I buy this magazine? Have your child estimate the amounts of the items you are buying. Check to see if the estimation is correct on the calculator.

Parent Tip 4: You could always use your actual shopping before you put it away.

“Math bingo”

Children use the bingo game cards provided to play a game like regular Bingo game. The game can be adapted for use at almost every level. Following are some tips for playing Math Bingo at various levels.

Addition:

Children write numbers across a line or complete the whole box
Select someone to be a caller
The caller gives an addition problem e.g. 5-4=
If the players have the answer to the problem on their board they cover it with a counter
First person to cover all their numbers calls bingo
You can have the questions written out in advance or you can make them up as you go along – it may be good for the children to come up with questions as the caller once they are secure in playing the game
To verify the winning card, ask the player to call out each covered number and to match that number to one of the problems called.
Perhaps the winner could call the next game.

Multiplication, division, subtraction:

Change the questions to suit the operation e.g. 3x2= or 18-9=

This website has bingo cards made up already. If you have a printer at home you could print them out yourself. If not, feel free to ask your child’s teacher to help out.

“Place value card games”

Object of the Game: Build the largest 3-digit number and win all the cards (A variation could be to build the smallest 3-digit number).

Set Up: From a regular deck of playing cards, remove all the Jokers,Tens, Aces, Jacks, and Kings. Leave the Queens in the deck. They will count as zeros (0). You should now have 36 cards.

Players: Sit next to each other and pick a card from the deck. The player with the highest card deals.

Start: Dealer: Shuffle the cards and deal them all out, one at a time and face down. Each player should have the same number of cards. Players: Stack your cards in a pile face down. Do not look at them.

Play:

Player on the dealer's left goes first. Flip over the top card on your deck and place it in either the Hundreds, Tens, or Ones place on their Number Club Mat. Remember, you are trying to build the largest number.
Play goes around to the left with each player placing a card in their Hundreds, Tens, or Ones place on the Number Club Mat.
After all players have made a 3-digit number, the player with the largest number wins the round. Winner: In order to collect all the cards on the mat, you must correctly read the value of your number and all other losing numbers in this manner: If your winning number was 523 and the losing numbers were 321 and 212, you would say: "Five hundred forty three is greater than three hundred twenty one and two hundred twelve.
Players: Check to make sure the winner says the numbers correctly. If s/he makes a mistake, the player with the second largest number wins the round and collects all the cards on the mat. Place the winning cards face down at the bottom of your deck.
Person on the winner's left: You start the next round by placing a card on your Number Club Mat. Play continues to the left so the winner goes last. This will give her/him an advantage.
The game is over when one player collects all the cards.

Parent Tip 5: You could make the game more difficult by using greater place value headings or decimal numbers. These mats have been provided!