| Printable board games are easy to use, they can be | | | | competitive students that do not make math more fun |
| found for free or bought at a reasonable price. They | | | | for the rest of the class. No matter how hard you try, |
| are found at all skill levels allowing for games to be | | | | you cannot find a combination of grouping that works. |
| played at any skill level from adding single digit numbers | | | | 6. There is not room in the class to manipulate desks |
| to adding unlike fractions. When trying to decide | | | | to make mini tables for these printable board games. |
| whether to use this resource or not, it might help to | | | | 7. There is not enough storage area to store all the |
| look at the reasons you should not do use board | | | | games that have been printed and laminated. |
| games to help decide if it is a good idea math to use | | | | 8. You do not like playing games and never did like |
| them to make math more fun in your math classroom. | | | | playing games, so there. |
| Here are ten reasons why not to use printable board | | | | 9. You are Internet challenged and cannot search to |
| games: | | | | find some good digital resources and therefore cannot |
| | | | download or even Save As. |
| 1. Your school budget may be able to afford the | | | | 10. You do not have access to a computer, printer or |
| games, they end up being pennies a day, but does not | | | | copy machine. |
| have the budget to support color printing, laminating, | | | | There are some valid reasons why not to use this |
| and tag weight paper. | | | | valuable resource, but using printable board games in |
| 2. Your school does not have a laminator and you can | | | | math class can be a fun and rewarding time. These |
| not find any acetate page covers to use instead. | | | | games could be used during a review session just |
| 3. You have a sore loser in your class and no one | | | | before a quiz or unit test; they can even be used right |
| want to be in that child's group. | | | | in the middle of a lesson to give practice with a skill. |
| 4. The skill levels in your class are too wide, and you | | | | Sometimes it might be fun to use them as a fun |
| can not find games that look sophisticated enough for | | | | activity at the end of the day, a Friday afternoon or |
| the weaker students to have games that look like | | | | last day before a vacation. The end result is that you |
| everyone else's. | | | | make math more fun for your students by providing |
| 5. You may not have a sore loser but some highly | | | | an enriched math atmosphere. |