Math Games for Kids - Math Challenges for Kids

Are you searching for a new math game for your kids to play with in order to teach them a new math lesson? "Explode a Number" is the game that we will discuss through this educational video - get yourself ready!

Counting numbers is the first thing that kids learn in math and once they are good at counting, they move forward to learn the mathematical operations that are found out there. Along the learning process and knowing more about numbers, the kid will understand that one number could be the outcome of several processes done; it could be the answer for two numbers added together, two numbers multiplied by one another, two numbers subtracted from one another, etc. and that is exactly the main purpose of this math game.

Playing games with your kid is believed to be the best way when it comes to teaching them something new; you grab their attention with your games and then you let them think with you to bring the answers that you are searching for. This is not just applied on maths, but it is also used with teaching kids English, showing them how to do some crafts and you could also play the chef game to teach them cooking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYFZObt2o6w).

'Explode a Number' is based on the idea of choosing one number for the kids and asking them to explode the information that could be related to it, whether this information is an answer to any mathematical equation or else is mentioning that this number is even or odd and referring to the tens and units it carries. All that is needed for playing this mathematical game with the kids is a white board or else a pen and a paper.

There are lots of creative ideas that one could depend on when it comes to teaching kids math and letting them learn how to count, how to add, how to multiply, etc. in easy ways which they could even try while playing. The mental mind games which we believe are the best when it comes to math are the building blocks, Lego and the play doh, sometimes even using the small cartoon characters of the kids turns out to be effective as well.

Playing with Lego is the first example for the math games for kids which we are talking about, it could be about counting, adding, subtracting or any other mathematical operation you want to do (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNZ0xWMb54M). There is also the building blocks option as a math game that the kids could play and which is also known to be very successful when it comes to counting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3q7imQuRBQ). Play doh is also a good example for the math games that you could use with your kids to teach them a new lesson because almost all the kids love to play with it and make different shapes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw91epryD28). The final option to go for is using the small cartoon characters that the kids own or even the small cars to help the kids learn the numbers through counting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsx_YrR9CmE).

The best thing about learning math is the fact that it could be done in the daily activities that the person is engaged with; you could ask your kid to help you with counting items at home, adding a specific number of items to those which you might already have, etc., and this will help them practice what they have learned and apply it on the daily life experiences they go through.

"Explode a Number" could also happen in a small talk you are having with your kid at home in the middle of the day, but it will never be the same like the one done on a white board or paper because not all the things will be written down and remembered. This game is also loved by the kids because sometimes the things written around the number are added to a name and at the end of the challenge they see and calculate who got the most explosions or answers to be the winner, which also means that a number of kids will be more challenging than just doing it with one kid.

We definitely recommend this game for parents homeschooling their kids if they want to teach them more about numbers. If there are any questions you want to ask, send them all over to us and we will reply as soon we get the chance :-)

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