Watch the linked video and ask your child(ren) to hold up a card to show how they are feeling when they hear a specific piece of music.

This problem helps learners improve their knowledge of factors, especially those in the usual multiplication tables, and encourages the problem solving strategy of trial and error. The goal of the game is to go around the track in as few moves as possible, keeping to the rules that a player can move any number of spaces which is a factor of the number the player is on, except 1. There is a "training" track to play on initially to see the rules in action and then a more complicated track for players to use. The Teachers' Notes page offers suggestions for implementation, key discussion questions, ideas for extension and support.

This puzzle, played with cards on a board (downloadable file), provides an interesting context in which students can apply their knowledge of number properties. Students attempt to arrange 25 numbers and 10 property headings into a 5 by 5 grid so that each number satisfies two conditions. Properties addressed include primes, square and triangular numbers, specific sets of multiples and factors, and parity. It can be worked individually or in small groups cooperatively. The Teachers' Notes page offers suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for extension and support, and links to an article, "Using Games in the Classroom" (catalogued separately).

Children need to develop coordination of the muscles in their shoulders, arms, wrists, hands, and fingers.  Provide materials in order to help children build and strengthen those muscles.

This interactive Flash game provides an opportunity for a player to make decisions and develop strategic thinking by analyzing the uncovered number choices on a game board that includes the integers from -5 to 12. Each player rolls the dice, chooses which number to begin with and whether to add or subtract the other number to produce either a negative or positive result shown on the board. The goal is to be first player to complete a row of three counters either horizontally, vertically or diagonally on the game board. The Teachers' Notes page offers suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for support, printable instructions and game board, and a link to a more advanced version of the game (Connect Three, cataloged separately).

This interactive Flash version of the familiar game Concentration ("pelmanism" in the UK) helps a single user practice addition facts while developing memory and concentration skills. The player can choose an array of 16, 20, or 24 cards, which appear face down. The goal is to flip two cards at a time to match all the 2- or 3-addend expressions with their sums as efficiently as possible. A scoring feature discourages random guessing. Printable versions of the game cards are available to download.

Children will listen to music and stop their bodies from moving when the music pauses.  This allows students to explore movement through dance and also helps build self-control as they start and stop activities.  

Engaging in games played around the world, students will learn about other cultures.

These 10 strategy games from around the world develop spatial skills and strategic thinking. Two of them include interactive versions, but all can be played with simple materials indoors or out.

This article highlights a number of mathematical strategy games that are available on the NRICH website. Most have interactive versions but also can be played offline. The author explains their value in the classroom, offers suggestions for implementation and extension, and provides links to the games and to other related articles.

This Nim-like interactive Flash game provides an opportunity to practice basic addition and subtraction while developing strategic thinking through generalization and by applying knowledge of factors and multiples. It can be played against the computer or a friend. Players take turns adding a whole number from 1 to 4 to a running total. The player who hits the target of 23 wins. Computer settings allow changing the target number, the range of numbers to add, who goes first, and whether the player reading the target wins or loses. The Teachers' Notes page offers suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for support, and links to related games.

In this activity, students explore number decomposition and the powers of two. They play a number guessing game, and by the presence or absence of the secret number on each of six cards, the number can be found. An applet has the computer play the trick with the learner. The Teachers' Notes page offers rationale, suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, and ideas for support and extension.

This is a fun long division bingo game that can be done independently, as homework, in math centers, and as a class! This game contains and three and four digit by one digit division but does not include remainders. It also includes three different sizes of printable graph paper to help students align their long division problems correctly.

In Headlines and High Water, players take on the role of a young journalist in the fictional town of Twin Lakes, where the annual Cherry Festival is thrown into chaos by a catastrophic flood. The player is tasked with interviewing locals and writing stories to keep the town informed—all while staying safe during the town’s worst flood of the century.

Throughout the game, players build trust with the townspeople and interview a cast of quirky characters—like Birdie, the aptly-named nature conservationist, and Fred Finkler, the gardener who’ll talk your ear off. In the end, the player’s reporting will determine if Twin Lakes is still around a year from now, or if future floods wash the town right off the map.

Children will talk about eating food to fuel the body.  Examples of healthy and not so healthy food items will be discussed.  Once you have completed the discussion with your child(ren), allow them to sort foods by healthy or not so healthy.

Many foods tie into traditions within the months of November and December. Children will talk about eating food to fuel the body.  Examples of healthy and not so healthy food items will be discussed.  Once you have completed the discussion with your child(ren), allow them to sort foods by healthy or not so healthy.  

Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play. They can use props and toys as they act out certain situations.  Brainstorm with the child(ren) about different things they may add to the play area for that specific theme. Once they are done playing, they can draw a picture and write to tell what they enjoyed the most. 

Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play. They can use props and toys as they act out certain situations.  Brainstorm with the child(ren) about different things they may add to the play area for that specific theme. Once they are done playing, they can draw a picture and write to tell what they enjoyed the most. 

Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play. They can use props and toys as they act out certain situations from the story, or made-up scenarios similar to what they read/heard about.

Child(ren) will brainstorm with an adult about different things they may add to the play area for a specific theme. Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play.