Games 4 Learning – Page 6 – Games and Resources to Make Learning Fun

Fun New Year Math

Happy New Year, 2017! It is the start of 2017 so let's have fun in math! Today I have a few different math ideas for your first math lessons of 2017! New Year Number of the Day A great activity to get them thinking is to use 2017 as the number of the day. You can create your own activity or I have some posters and worksheets ready for you to print and use! These Number of the Day posters and worksheets use 2017 as the number of the number of the day. There is a basic version and an advanced version and both are provided … [Read more...]

Math Flip Cards

Math Flip Cards are one of my favorite ways to reinforce math skills! These cards are so much fun to use that the kids don't even realize that they are doing math! I call these cards, Pick, Flip and Check cards because using them really is that simple. The kids just pick the correct answers with a clothespin or paper clip then flip the cards and check their answers. These are printable cards that you download in pdf form. To make the cards you simply print the page, cut around the edge then fold and glue. All you need to use … [Read more...]

Halloween Writing Quilt

Halloween is a great motivator in the classroom. These writing prompts will get students keen to write and will also give you a great Halloween display that is all their work! The Halloween Writing Prompts Quilt has 7 different writing prompts and each one comes in two different formats - four squares to a page and 2 squares to a page. If you would like them to be larger just enlarge them on a copier. The 7 different writing prompts are - If I Were a Ghost I Would … Haunted House Acrostic Poem Witch’s Brew Recipe On … [Read more...]

Halloween Math Friends

Halloween is getting closer so you might like to make a few friends - Halloween Math Friends that is! These Halloween Math Strips are sooooooo CUTE! Students fill in the strip, color the friends and cut out. These make a great Halloween display for the classroom! There are also colored versions so you can laminate them and have students use them again and again. The Halloween Math Friends strips include - 2 Digit Number Halloween Friends Strips 3 Digit Number Halloween Friends Strips 4 Digit Number Halloween Friends … [Read more...]

Can You Make It? Math Game

Would you like 50 Free Math Games? – Join our Free Games 4 Learning Club! This is one of my favorite math challenges. I love the thinking that is involved as students compete to create equations in this game. Now Available - Seasonal Can You Make It? Challenges Click on an image to learn more. You can use this game with students of different abilities. It is quick and easy to prepare and it can be played with 1 person, a small group or even a whole class. Materials: You will require 3 sets of small number cards with the digits … [Read more...]

Homophone Games

Homophone Games As a teacher, I can't seem to help myself. Finding grammar and spelling mistakes in magazines, in newspapers, on websites and on signs almost seems to be a hobby for me. Sometimes I really wish I didn't care but the fact is that I do! So as a teacher I know the value of using homophones correctly! I cringe when I see 'your' used instead of 'you're' or 'there' used instead of 'their'. That's why I love doing homophone activities with the kids so that hopefully their use of homophones will usually be correct! One of … [Read more...]