As the summer temperature rises, you may be looking for a non-competitive game. The Difference of Two Squares, game P35 in the Math Card Games book, hits the spot. It’s like a puzzle that two people work on together. You will need 20 basic number cards. Just a nice selection, no specific numbers are needed. Paper and pencil too. My
If you have ever played the card game Pit, you will know the boisterous fun in store when playing this next game, Card Exchange, game P27 in the Math Card Games book. If you have not had the pleasure, just picture the comedic chaos of the Stock Exchange and you will have an idea of what’s to come.
We played this game, Lowest in the Corners, game P18 in the Math Card Games book, with four people, ages 9 to adult. At first, I thought it may be difficult for Peter, the 9-year-old, but he had no problem catching on after we played an open-handed round first. Honestly, that helped me too! To start, you need to
Beth and I might have had a tussle over who got to write about this next game if it weren’t for the fact that we live about 1300 miles apart. Opps, sorry Beth, that should say “about 2092 km.” Beth’s from Canada. This is her son’s favorite game and now we understand why. What a
Like last week’s game, Doubles Corners™, is also from RightStart™ Mathematics Second Edition curriculum. This one is taken from RS2 Level B, Lesson 118. Doubles Corners™ game is a variation of the always popular Corners™ game found in the Math Card Games book, game A9. This is Dr. Cotter’s new favorite game! The Corners™ card deck is a set of fifty cards
Last week we played Doubles Memory to help with the recognition of the doubles. Did you enjoy this game? Do you see the kids increasing in their knowledge and comfort with the doubles? Well, we’re going to build on those skills with this week’s game. Double the Product Memory game is from RightStart™ Mathematics Level D Second Edition and is
Today I’m going to show you a quick and easy memory game for practicing the doubles facts: Doubles Memory, game A15 in the Math Card Games book. It takes less than 10 minutes to play, so it’s easy to fit in between runs through the sprinkler… or between swims, if you’re lucky enough to have a pool… or
Corners aficionados unite! If you love Corners™ like my family does, you are in for a treat today. Corners Speed, game A12 from the Math Card Games book, is a fast paced game for two (or more). It can be frustrating for the player who is not solid on the sums that make a multiple of five. In
Summer is in full swing and should be filled with crazy fun. So let’s keep the crazy going and play Crazy Squares this week!Crazy Squares can be found in the Math Card Games book, game P23. It’s a multiplication game played like Crazy Eights. Or kind of like Uno. In this game, the wild cards aren’t eights or the special
Bingo! All the math bingo games have been winners with my kids but Tens and Ones Bingo, game N40 in the Math Card Games book, is particularly suited for those learning how to form numbers up to 99. Three children played this game today. We only have one set of Place Value Cards, so I made two more sets using
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September 2025 Newsletter We want to remind you of the many free resources available to you as a school that uses RightStart Math. 1. Year-Round Continue Reading
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January 2025 Newsletter Welcome to the New Year 2025! We hope everyone had a fabulous winter break! As you start the new year, here are someContinue Reading
I am a quilt designer. I’ve made over 250 quilts in my lifetime, 98% of my own design. I’m currently working on my sixth quilt from someone else’s pattern. I have the directions in front of me as I’m approaching on the final steps of Bonnie Hunter’s Allietare quilt design. I find myself struggling to understand
How many different abacuses do you think Dr. Cotter has? Here’s a clue…. Dr. Cotter is holding one of her first abacuses: a Japanese abacus, purchased by a friend who had visited Japan. She became so efficient using this abacus that she was faster and more accurate than she was with a calculator!While you try
Kathleen is here to walk you through the Fractions chapter of the new Start Math Right: The Journey to Mathematics Excellence book. She begins with a story of fractions and confusion from 1972, then goes on to discuss what a fraction is and how to teach fractions. Kathleen also discusses how not to teach fractions!
Listen to how division is addressed in the new Start Math Right: The Journey to Mathematics Excellence book. Teresa Foltin talks about how division is the most challenging of the arithmetic operations, and shares that there are two distinct ways to think about division. One way is to find the size of a group; another
Are you curious how the new Start Math Right: The Journey to Mathematics Excellence book addresses multiplication? Listen to Allison Fitzgibbon share her discoveries from the new book. Allison admits that the multiplication chapter was packed with more information than she had time to cover! She chose to focus on patterns found in math. Multiplication
Rachel is here to give you a summary of the Addition and Subtraction chapters from the new Start Math Right: The Journey to Mathematics Excellence book! Rachel Anderson was one of the proofreaders for Dr. Cotter’s book and shares her insights during the January 2025 Online Conference. She begins with a quote from the book.
