One day this week I decided to have some fun with math and Tiffany. I had seen this easy game in “Games . . . Tools for Learning” by Janice and Mark Vreeland, so I decided to do it on the spur of the moment. Tiffany is way passed simple addition, but I thought it would be good to solidify the pairs that add up to 10.
Here's the game, take two sets of cards of 1-10, giving you 20 cards in total. Shuffle and lay them out, face side down, in a memory or concentration style; we used 3 rows of 6. Then you take turns picking 2 cards. In order for them to match, they must total 10. We played this a few times and I won each time. This spurred her on to play more and more, to finally win once. Unfortunately, that never happened; but she did end up playing it many times and got those pairs down well.
The other game I found that I'd purchased years ago is from Bicycle Kids, called Total It. There are 8 sets of 1-10 in the deck. The dealer deals 7 cards to each player and then turns the top card face up. This face up card is the total aimed for by each player this round. So, let's say the face up card is 5. Then each player, in turn, can either put down a 5 that they have in their hand or any two cards that either add up to, or subtract to equal 5, in a pile in front of them, called a score pile. After each player lays down their matches and total cards, the deal gives each person the number of cards needed to have 7 in their hand again and another card is placed face up for the total this round. When there are no longer enough cards to give each player enough cards for a full hand and a face up card, then the game is over. Each player totals the number of cards he placed in his score pile and that is his score for the game. The one with the most points wins. It was fun! But . . . I now have to look through my resources for multiplication and division games, as this is where she needs the most practice right now.
It was a fun math day! I hope you can use the ideas.
Michele ºÜº
(Me and my dd, Tiffany on an easy to climb tree limb on vacation in VA in 2007.) These are my ramblings on homeschooling and whatever else comes to mind.
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Unfortunately, that never happened; but she did end up playing it many times and got those pairs down well. 
