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Math Dice: the Fast Fun Game of Mental Math! |
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Introducing the most flexible, competitive math game ever invented. Math Dice is guaranteed to draw a crowd! Play is easy - roll the dice to generate a Target Number and three Scoring Numbers. Arrange the Scoring Numbers into combinations of operations (+, –, x, ÷, or even powers) to create an expression whose result is closest to - or equal to - the Target Number.
Benefits: With Math Dice, kids USE their math facts - with creativity required, too! Develops strong mental math ability. Great alternative to drill sheets and flash cards.
Ages 8 to Adult. |
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SET: the Family Game of Visual Perception |
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Identify 3 cards that differ or match in certain ways. This is THE best non-computational math game to have. Parents beware - kids as young as 7 can be better at this than you! I’ve had classes where students beg to play this game.
Benefits: development of multiple-criteria analysis, logic skills, and pattern recognition; analyzing & identifying similarities and differences among objects; increased visual discrimination; increased attentiveness to detail, logic, and justification.
Ages: 7 to adult
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Rush Hour |
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You're stuck in traffic with four big trucks and eleven other cars. Can you maneuver your way through Rush Hour and escape the gridlock? This wonderful sliding-block brainteaser is bumper-to-bumper fun for puzzlers of all ages, with numerous “game of the year” awards. Forty challenge cards range from Beginner to Expert. Cards fit neatly into pull-out tray beneath the game tray.
Benefits: development of concentration, multi-step problem solving, and visualization skills (like seeing several moves ahead in chess).
Ages: 8 to adult.
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Tipover |
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Set up crates of different colors and heights on the game grid to match any one of 40 Beginner-to-Expert card challenges. Next, tip over the crates to connect your Tipper to the red crate, which is your final destination on the card. There's a catch; your Tipper can't jump over empty grid spaces. Only you control your fate by tipping over the right crate! This three-dimensional multi-level challenge game will delight problem solvers at any skill level.
Benefits: development of concentration, multi-step problem solving, and visualization skills (like seeing several moves ahead in chess).
Ages: 8 to adult.
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Tangoes |
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The classic silhouette game of tangrams dates back thousands of years. Arrange the seven basic pieces into a silhouetted shape from dozens of challenge cards (with answers on the back). Two complete sets of pieces allow for two-player competition.
Benefits: development of multi-step problem solving, logic, visualization abilities, spatial skills, abstract “part-whole” geometric reasoning, distance-area estimation, and geometric fractions.
Ages: 6 or 7 to adult.
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Brick by Brick |
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Use 5 simple puzzle pieces to create a shape that matches a silhouetted brick wall shape from dozens of challenge cards (with answers on the back).
Benefits: development of multi-step problem solving, logic, visualization abilities, spatial skills, abstract “part-whole” geometric reasoning.
Ages: 7 to adult.
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