| Using fun math card games during math class can be | | | | created will have a similar spread. As a result, when |
| an effective educational tool as well as a way to | | | | playing a card game, the same fact will present itself |
| make math fun for the students. Besides the obvious | | | | over and over again requiring the student to say and |
| benefit of giving students a break from their routine, | | | | solve the problem each time If those same facts |
| math card games are an effective multisensory | | | | where placed on a worksheet, the complaints will begin |
| reinforcement tool. They provide extra repetitive drill, | | | | about "I did that one already." In a game you will not |
| and innovative ways to practice the same thing, using | | | | hear any complaining. |
| the same set of fact cards in a variety of different | | | | Benefit #3- Variety Allows The Same Thing To Look |
| ways making it seem new and different. This article will | | | | New |
| discuss these benefits in greater detail. | | | | Teachers can go crazy thinking of a lot of different |
| Benefit #1 - Multisensory Reinforcement | | | | ways to practice the same facts to help the students |
| Math card games provide an excellent source of | | | | learn without getting bored and to make math fun for |
| multisensory reinforcement as part of a well rounded | | | | their students. There are many varieties of card |
| educational program. What a card game does is give | | | | games that are familiar to us and never ending |
| the students something to hold, touch and move | | | | adaptations. Then there are new card games clever |
| around while they see the facts on the cards and | | | | teachers create with new and innovative twists. With |
| hopefully say them as well. Manipulating the cards in a | | | | all these varieties, practicing the same facts over and |
| variety of games, whether it is matching, making | | | | over again, will seem like a new activity with each new |
| decisions on which answer is higher or creating groups | | | | version of a game played. |
| of similar attributes, they all require manipulating and | | | | Acquiring a supply of unique and interesting card |
| manipulating is a highly effective multisensory tool. | | | | games to use in math class that will help make math |
| Benefit #2- Extra Repetition Drill Opportunity | | | | fun for the students will be beneficial to all. The |
| When you play a card game there are a limited | | | | students will be happy to play games and help their |
| amount of facts that can be used. Most games | | | | memories absorb the facts and the teacher benefits |
| require multiple use of the same fact for matching or | | | | by keeping educational quality alive and breaking the |
| making groups. In a regular deck of cards there are | | | | routine with something fun at the same time. |
| four of each number. Any fun math card games | | | | |