Our entire family of four gives two thumbs up each (that makes 8!) for the new addition card game Check the Fridge! A Shameless Game of Bluffing from MelonRind, the game company that made the super fun money game, Clumsy Thief. (And thank you to MelonRind for this review copy.) We’re pretty picky about which games stay […]
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Award-Winning Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game Now a Board Book!
The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel game wins awards because it’s a genius preschool game kids love to play. Now this educational game has inspired a new lift-the-flap board book with the same title, The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel. Both the game and the book strengthen counting and color recognition for preschoolers. Award-Winning Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game In the […]
Super Fun One Player Game: Balance Beans
The Balance Beans game from ThinkFun helps kids see both the physics and algebra behind balancing a seesaw. And, everyone in our house LOVES this super fun, one player game for ages 5 and up. My husband and my 11-year old played and, because I left the game out, continued to go back for more logic challenges. But my 14-year […]
Exciting Addition Math Game: Clumsy Thief
Want a fun math game to practice mental math? Clumsy Thief is an exciting, fast-paced game that makes addition pairs to 100 exciting and believe it or not, hilarious. Because there’s stealing involved. (Hence the thief part of the game. Which makes everything more fun.) Clumsy Thief Card Game Players are dealt 7 cards each. Each […]
Engaging Math Dice Multiplication Game
As you know, I’m a huge fan of Think Fun‘s learning games for kids. Their latest math game, Math Dice Chase, is an engaging game for kids practicing multiplication skills. It’s like Hot Potato but with multiplication and pairs of dice. I think it’s best for 3 to 6 players and highly recommend it for classrooms. Math Dice Chase […]
Möbi Math Facts Game Review
Möbi is a crossword style game for math facts –basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and addition. I say basic because the numbers only go to 12 so you’re limited in the equations you can create. Although you’re competing against an opponent or opponents, it’s almost like your own game since you work at your own pace to make […]
ALEKS Math Website for Kids
Parents, you can avoid any summer slide and even help your kids get ahead in math with ALEKS, a web-based, artificially intelligent mathematics assessment and learning system from McGraw Hill Education correlated to NCTM standards. It’s an innovative, award-winning math website for kids third grade and up that will keep them actively learning all summer long. ALEKS Math […]