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math facts practice is boring
"Stephanie" wrote in message ... "Beliavsky" wrote in message ... On Jan 2, 3:30 pm, "Stephanie" wrote: Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. "Practice makes perfect", and you are setting a bad example for your child if your attitude is that practicing arithmetic or other key subjects is boring. Obviously, you can use flash cards without screaming. What posting interface do you use? My replies to someone else in another group wont quote properly either..... Rote IS boring. Math is fun. Memorizing addition facts with flash cards is boring. Of course, I have no intention of screaming. Anything that can be practiced can be practiced in a fun manner, even if it is just singing of a song. And it will keep attention longer. Clearly practice is my intention, thus the request for game ideas. Twin Sisters publications has audio CDs for a lot of subjects, including rote learning of addition, subtraction, and so on. Be aware, though, that unless a child understands the concepts behind addition cold, they're likely to learn the song and be unable to apply the skills (the same is true with flashcards). I've known several 2-3 yr olds who have older siblings who have learned songs for various skills along with their kindergartener or first grade sibling, and had parents thinking that the child was a genius. But the child, when asked, has no more concept of the actual skill than how to fly, and while that early rote learning may come in handy later when they're able to comprend it, for now, it's of no more use than "Itsy Bitsy Spider". |
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math facts practice is boring
Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math
blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. |
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math facts practice is boring
On Jan 2, 3:30*pm, "Stephanie" wrote:
Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. "Practice makes perfect", and you are setting a bad example for your child if your attitude is that practicing arithmetic or other key subjects is boring. Obviously, you can use flash cards without screaming. That said, maybe teaching your child the card game blackjack AKA "21" would be fun and instructive. |
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math facts practice is boring
"Beliavsky" wrote in message ... On Jan 2, 3:30 pm, "Stephanie" wrote: Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. "Practice makes perfect", and you are setting a bad example for your child if your attitude is that practicing arithmetic or other key subjects is boring. Obviously, you can use flash cards without screaming. What posting interface do you use? My replies to someone else in another group wont quote properly either..... Rote IS boring. Math is fun. Memorizing addition facts with flash cards is boring. Of course, I have no intention of screaming. Anything that can be practiced can be practiced in a fun manner, even if it is just singing of a song. And it will keep attention longer. Clearly practice is my intention, thus the request for game ideas. ........................................... That said, maybe teaching your child the card game blackjack AKA "21" would be fun and instructive. That is a great idea. Thanks. |
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math facts practice is boring
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:30:10 -0500, "Stephanie" wrote:
Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. Try http://www.funbrain.com/math/ or http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mat...cathymath.html |
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math facts practice is boring
On Jan 2, 4:59*pm, "Stephanie" wrote:
"Beliavsky" wrote in message snip "Practice makes perfect", and you are setting a bad example for your child if your attitude is that practicing arithmetic or other key subjects is boring. Obviously, you can use flash cards without screaming. What posting interface do you use? My replies to someone else in another group wont quote properly either..... Google Groups. snip That said, maybe teaching your child the card game blackjack AKA "21" would be fun and instructive. That is a great idea. Thanks. Math facts have been set to a rap music beat. "2 times 1 is 2, 2 times 2 is 4" (but it's much more fun to listen to the actual song). My 4yo son has actually requested that we play such a CD, after he heard it the first time. You can Google "multiplication table rap music". |
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math facts practice is boring
Stephanie wrote:
Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. If yu can get hold of some 12 sided dice you could use those. Roll the two dice, and then subtract the smaller number from the larger, or add them together. Later on this can also be used for multipliation. You could also use a pack of playing cards, although this only go up to 10. FWIW, apparently most people tend to use the lower numbers. If you are not picking numbers randomly, it is worth making sure you do some of the higer sums like 7x8, 6x9 etc. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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math facts practice is boring
"Donna Metler" wrote in message ... "Stephanie" wrote in message ... "Beliavsky" wrote in message ... On Jan 2, 3:30 pm, "Stephanie" wrote: Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. "Practice makes perfect", and you are setting a bad example for your child if your attitude is that practicing arithmetic or other key subjects is boring. Obviously, you can use flash cards without screaming. What posting interface do you use? My replies to someone else in another group wont quote properly either..... Rote IS boring. Math is fun. Memorizing addition facts with flash cards is boring. Of course, I have no intention of screaming. Anything that can be practiced can be practiced in a fun manner, even if it is just singing of a song. And it will keep attention longer. Clearly practice is my intention, thus the request for game ideas. Twin Sisters publications has audio CDs for a lot of subjects, including rote learning of addition, subtraction, and so on. Be aware, though, that unless a child understands the concepts behind addition cold, they're likely to learn the song and be unable to apply the skills (the same is true with flashcards). I've known several 2-3 yr olds who have older siblings who have learned songs for various skills along with their kindergartener or first grade sibling, and had parents thinking that the child was a genius. But the child, when asked, has no more concept of the actual skill than how to fly, and while that early rote learning may come in handy later when they're able to comprend it, for now, it's of no more use than "Itsy Bitsy Spider". I hear that. Comprehension is not a problem. |
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math facts practice is boring
On Jan 2, 2:30 pm, "Stephanie" wrote:
Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. If/when you're stuck somewhere waiting, you can make a game of "how many ways can you find to say [number between 1 and 12) ?" i.e., 10: 1 + 9, 12 - 2, 6 + 4, 10 - 0, etc. It's a variation of a rhyming game we played as very young kids -- "how many words can you rhyme with `star'?" -- that seemed like fun to us at the time while helping hone a discerning ear. Got us through waits at the doctor, checkout line, traffic jams, etc. Lori G. |
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math facts practice is boring
Stephanie wrote:
Anyone know of any fun games to play to practice math facts? We have math blaster which is a ton of fun and very helpful. But I am looking for addition and subtraction facts to 12 to practice on. And I HATE drills. They make me think of a friend of mine whose father screamed at him while doing flash cards. Junior Monopoly is good for fairly simple addition and subtraction. Let everyone do their own banking and then you can be teaching both math facts and how math can be used. It is also fun to play and the play is random so you don't need to use handicaps when playing with adults and children. Carol |
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