Four Basic Teaching Principles Justifying Playing Fun Math Games

Here are some of my thoughts on the underlying teaching principles involved in making math fun for your students by using fun educational math games with your students. If you take the time to figure out great ways to work these games into your lesson they can be quite effective.

Provides Opportunity For Reinforcement of Math Skills

• Consistent drill that is repeated over and over again is one of the best way for facts to be memorized
  

• Drills work best when spread out over a number of days or weeks.
  

• Playing fun math games provide more drill opportunities than using flash cards will.
  

• With games, the same facts might be encountered twenty times and the student will not even notice since they are focused on playing the game.
  

• Just try showing your students the same flash cards twenty times and see their reaction!

Forces the Students To Use Pencil and Paper

• The kids expect instant and digital interaction since this world has forced educators to put pencil and paper aside in favor of online activities.
  

• Printable math games provide a fun way to force the children to use pencil and paper.
  

• Using pencil and paper is powerful educational tool as you remember what you write much longer than what you type.

Is A Cost Effective Tool for Teachers

• Saving quality educational games and activities on your hard drive can be printed out at whatever quantity you need.
  

• They are much cheaper than buying workbooks.
  

• Many of these games can be adapted and then used over again year after year never needing to buy a new resource.

• The same board game for example can be played over and over again using different cards to pick up before rolling the dice. Keeping it current, but not using a new resource.
  

A Simple Formula: Positive Attitude=Positive Learning Environment

• Anyone responds positively when they are having a good time. Having fun activities for individuals, or small groups or for the whole class contributes to positive math learning atmosphere.
  

• The students will want to come to math class and want to do their homework because they know they will probably enjoy what they are doing
  

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