MATH ISN’T ONLY ABOUT NUMBERS –
MATH SKILLS ARE FOUND IN PUZZLES AND GAMES TOO!
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Play family games
to add excitement to repetitive practice. You can play:
Bowling, Darts - Keeping
score
Card games - Cribbage, Set, Visual Brainstorms, Crazy Eight, Go Fish,
Solitaire,
Board games - Chess, Backgammon, Mastermind, Mancala, Hi-Q, Battleship,
Scrabble,
Connect Four
Computer games - Tetris, Cubis, Earthquake,
Nim Game
Peg Solitaire, Fiver,
Hare and Hounds, Tower of Hanoi, Tac Tix, Hex-7 at:
www.math.com/students/puzzles/puzzleapps.html
· Allmath.com
includes math tools (e.g., flash cards) games, reference pages, and lots of
other math links:
http://www.allmath.com/links/Fun_And_Games.php
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Math Mastery.com Family Tree contains an archive of “Family Fun Math Activities” and previous “Rich
Education Tips” at: http://www.mathmastery.com/familyfun/familyTree.cfm?CFID=1207578&CFTOKEN=7315319#tips
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The MathSURF Family
Site contains ideas and activities that will help you and your child work
together at home to improve his or her math skills, including great math games
and resources (e.g., math stories):
www.mathsurf.com/parent/index.html,
· Helping Your Child
Learn Math booklet at:
www.math.com/parents/articles/helpmath.htm
Math in the Home, Math at the Grocery Store,
Math on the Go, and
· “Uncovering Math
With Your Family: Fun Activities in the
World Around You” booklet at:
www.ti.com/calc/pdf/fmlymath.pdf
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Problem of the Week at::
http://mathforum.org/funpow/
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Links to Learning -
Mathematics
http://www.linktolearning.com/math.htm
Other Resources:
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Helping your child learn math – A parent's guide
http://199.71.28.92/eng/document/brochure/earlymath/index.html
· Mathematics: The Ontario
Curriculum, Grades 1-8
http://199.71.28.92/eng/document/curricul/curr97ma/curr97m.html
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Parent Involvement as Educator Mathematics Session Handouts
http://thornwood.peelschools.org/esl_website/text/pie_project.htm