Board Games Aren't Boring!
As a kid I loved board games and I have to admit, I still enjoy playing a game or two. I also love using games to teach math so somewhere along the way I combined these loves and started making math board games. I discovered that the kids loved it and they became much faster at recalling math facts or calculating math. It was also great to hear them begging to play particular games. I also found that they were great as a bribe - 'If you get this done quickly and do a job, you can play a game.' Well it does work! I have made loads and loads of games and love dreaming up more. My main criteria for a game is that it is simple to prepare and simple to learn to play. You can try it for yourself with these! Here are few of my freebies on TPT. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Catch-the-Monkeys-Multiplication-Game http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dinosaur-Subtraction-Board-Game I also have collections for addition, subtraction, mu...