Fractions Old Maid

Emmie and I have been having so much fun playing Fractions Old Maid (using a deck of Fraction Cards from RightStart Math! She often wants to play the game several times in a row and asks to play it every school day. That's the beauty of playing learning games with your children: they want to play and so they're receiving the repetition needed to master skills without having to endure the drudgery of traditional worksheets! Watch this short video to see how fun and easy it is to play this math game:




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Practicing Good Manners

We all want our children to have good manners and we often expect them to have good manners when we're in public but how often do we practice those manners? In our home, we have found that practicing the behaviors that we would like to see in pubic is foundational to success in this area.

Here's a quick little video showing how we practice manners and have fun at the same time!

The Game of One

Did you know fractions can be fun? When you teach fractions to your child using the RightStart Math Fractions games and activities, learning fractions is actually enjoyable! After we recorded this video, Emmie asked to play this game again and again (which we did, of course!). For this game, you just need the RightStart Math Fraction Cards (or you can make your own) and the RightStart Math Games book, which gives you the list of cards to use for this game.



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Multi-Fun

This game from RightStart Math helps children become familiar with the multiplication chart. It's a great game but be sure to plan a good amount of time for set up and play as it's not a quick game. For this game, you will need some cards from the basic number cards deck and you will also need all of the product cards. You can find this, and other great games, in the RightStart Math Card Games book, which I highly recommend! We hope you enjoy playing this game together:




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Old Maid... With a Twist

This game from RightStart math is a fast favorite in our house! It's quick to set-up (only uses the basic number card deck or you can use regular playing cards) and quick play which makes it a game the kids want to play over and over. Check out our video and give it a try:


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Sum Rummy

RightStart Math has done it again with this great game! Sum Rummy is from the RightStart Math Games for Math book. This book is full of card games that teach and review important math skills in a fun and engaging way (just listen to Emmie's giggles in the video below and you'll see what I mean!). This game can be played with RightStart Math's basic set of number cards or with a regular deck of cards.




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Making Clean-Up Time Educational

OK, there's nothing Earth shattering about this post. It's just a mom cleaning up Jenga blocks with her son but when those blocks have words on them, clean-up time can become educational:




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