Posts Tagged ‘Math games’
November 16th, 2010
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math fun
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Game and Puzzle Week Coming Up!
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Next week (November 21-27) is National Game and Puzzle Week! I’m excited to break out the jigsaw puzzles in my classroom [...]
October 26th, 2010
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tip: Game of SET
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. I love using games in the classroom. One of my favorite math games is SET®, a game of visual perception. It’s [...]
October 6th, 2010
by Sue in Math fun
Save the Date for Seattle's MathFest 2010: Nov. 4
Imagine a school gym full of elementary kids having a blast playing math games. Then, if you live in the Seattle area, mark your calendar for Mathfest 2010 on November 4! Last year my favorite 6-year-old had a memorable time playing a whole range of math puzzles, problems, and games. But the best part for [...]
March 8th, 2010
by Tracy in K-3 Curriculum, Math fun
Who Gets to Play Third Grade Math? Beta Winners Announced!
My kindergartener was just begging me to let her play more DreamBox last night instead of reading stories before bed. She’s really loving it. -Victoria Rana, Bella’s Mom. Drum roll, please… And our third-grade beta testers will be: Benjamin, entered by Noel Bush; Bella, entered by Victoria Rana; and Edgar, entered by Jennifer Shotts! Congratulations [...]
February 19th, 2010
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Teaching Math
Calling Teachers in Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and West Virginia! 46 States and Counting
As DreamBox Learning’s Director of Marketing Programs to schools I spend most of my days working with school districts, principals, curriculum advisers, math coaches, and classroom teachers who are using DreamBox in their schools and districts. I introduce them to DreamBox Learning, answer their questions about our lessons, program, and curriculum, help them roll out [...]
July 23rd, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun
New (Free) Calendars Full of Summer Math Activities
We hope your kids are having fun with our July summer activities calendar! Good news: we now have August and September event calendars...
June 3rd, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun, Math Learning
Learning Math Through Play, from Guest Blogger Dawn Morris
I can remember making “trains” with upright dominoes as a child. It took a long time to set them up just right, but then it was so much fun to watch them falling into each other so quickly! It was kind of like watching a tiny roller coaster in motion.
April 6th, 2009
by Mickelle in Math fun, Parent Tips
Chutes & Ladders: A Beginner’s Version for 3-5 Year Olds Sorely Needed!
The box claims this game is appropriate for ages 3+. It’s wrong. There’s just no way. Where do I even begin? There are so many chutes and ladders that it’s difficult to discern each individual box on the game board.
April 1st, 2009
by Tracy in Math in Real Life, Math Learning
Let's Do Climate Math
If you haven't heard, sponsors announced this year's theme for Math Awareness Month - it's Math and the Climate! Held every year in April, Mathematics Awareness Month was started to make others aware of how math affects our world.
March 5th, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun
World Maths Day Recap and Math Game Winners
World Maths Day (or World Math Day) was a smashing success. There were 2,001,570 total participants from 204 countries and a world record of 452,681,681 total questions answered in 48 hours.
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