Summer is such a fun and relaxing time. People are taking vacations, visiting family, enjoying more outside activities, and probably staying up a bit later since the sun is out longer. However, as nice as summer is, at some point "it" hits. What … [Read more...] about 2021 Summer Game #13: Zero Corners
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2021 Summer Game #12: Ten as the Minuend
When I started using RightStart Math, I would play many of the games suggested, but my family had our favorites. We would play the same games – or variations of them – over and over, quite content to not explore the unknown games in the Math Card … [Read more...] about 2021 Summer Game #12: Ten as the Minuend
2020 Summer Game #7: Subtraction Bingo
Before we introduce this week’s game, Subtraction Bingo, game S24 from the Math Card Games book, I’d like to take a few minutes and discuss WHY we play games. You know that games are the review and practice for the math facts. Basically, they are … [Read more...] about 2020 Summer Game #7: Subtraction Bingo
Winter Games: Difference War
It's time for a subtraction game! We'll start out with a simple game, then advance to a harder subtraction game in this Winter Games video. The first game is Difference War, game S12 in the Math Card Games book. It will focus on subtracting numbers … [Read more...] about Winter Games: Difference War
Dr. Cotter on Addition and Subtraction Facts
Addition Addition can be thought of as finding the whole when the parts are known. Place value greatly simplifies finding the sum of two numbers. To be efficient in adding, we start with the sums of numbers 1 + 1 through 9 + 9. These are best … [Read more...] about Dr. Cotter on Addition and Subtraction Facts
2018 Summer Game #13: On the Number Ten
It is one of those blazing hot, 90º summer days. No one wants to be outside but without air conditioning, inside isn’t much better. My boys’ solution to this dilemma is the nice, cool basement where the computer happens to reside. In my desire to get … [Read more...] about 2018 Summer Game #13: On the Number Ten