math games

BINGO IDEAS: The easiest way to begin making games is to use the games you already know.  Bingo is a good example, since most everyone knows how to play and almost every skill can be put on a bingo game. There are two types of cards in a bingo game.  The first is the calling card.  Here is the information that the caller gives the other players.  It can be a math fact or review question to provide the answer to, it may be a date of a historical event, or a Roman numeral, a word written in Spanish, or a clock, or any other information the child needs drill on.  The playing board contain the matching information or answers (solution to the math fact, answer to the review q uestion, the historical event, the Arabic equivalent to the Roman numeral, the Spanish word's English translation, the digital time, or other.)  Each playing board needs to be set out differently, or have different answers on than the others. Play is just like regular bingo.  A calling card is drawn, a child needing the drill gives the answer and all players mark their playing boards. To use the same playing board over and over, slip board into a  plastic sleeve or cover with clear contact paper.  Use water-based felt pens to mark.  When game is finished, use a damp cloth to wipe, then a dry cloth. DOMINOES: Dominoes is a fun game to play and easy to make.  Any skill that comes in pairs can be made into a dominoe game. You can use math facts and answers, clocks an digital time, etc. (Can also be used for language and phonics games.) GAMES FOR LEARNING I recommend you join this yahoo group!  Excellent generic games (which can be used with any skill cards you create), plus math, language and many other games for learning.  Once you are a member you go to 'files' to find most of the games, and a good lot of games documents - all of which can be downloaded and printed out.  Excellent resource!