It’s always fun to throw in a math game when teaching math skills, isn’t it? This collection of math games for kids includes board games and a couple of card games that help to teach number recognition, counting on, counting back, number combinations, multiplication, division, and MORE! They make fantastic gifts for kids for any occasion because they are fun to play, too!
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Click on either the image or the text link to read more about each math game. Also included with each math game is the approximate ages that the game fits.
Math Games for Kids
HiHo Cherry-O {Pre-K to 1st grade} helps young kids practice loads of math skills without them even knowing including one-to-one correspondence, counting on, counting back, and number combinations to 10. Plus, it’s great for those fine motor muscles!
Spot It! Numbers and Shapes {Pre-K to K} is a fun one to play and harder than you might think! I love how it reinforces numbers 1-9 and geometric shapes.
Zingo 1-2-3 {Pre-K to 1st grade} has TWO levels of play: one for numbers and one for addition. Because of this, it can grow with your child. You can also have a younger child play on the numbers side and an older child play on the addition side so that children of different levels can play together! Bonus!
Mental Blox {Pre-K through 2nd grade} has two levels of play, which can grow with the child. I love how kids can practice using the vocabulary of positional words and 3-D shapes in this game!
UNO {K and up} is a game I typically give as gifts when a child turns 5. It’s great for number recognition and number matching. At first, we played the game without the harder cards like Skip, Reverse, and Draw 4 Wilds. Once my kids got the hang of it, we slowly introduced the other cards. {By the way, just a plain deck of cards can lead to many math games, too!}
Guess Who? {K and up} is a fantastic game for so many reasons. It requires critical thinking and knowledge of physical attributes. The “yes” or “no” questions and thinking process has been a bit too difficult for my preschoolers, but they love to try and play it!
Battleship {K and up} is a fantastic game for reading and playing with grids and coordinates in a sneaky and fun way! Also required is critical thinking to find your opponent’s ships.
Math Dice Jr. {K and up} is a fun little game that requires kids to think on their toes about number combinations. Kids roll a number, then use the dice to add, subtract, multiply, and/or divide to get the answer. We like to play it in a non-competitive way. Thinkfun also makes Math Dice {2nd grade and up} for older kids, too.
Sequence Numbers {1st grade and up} isn’t as easy as you’d think. It requires that kids know their basic addition and subtraction facts so they can do 2-digit addition and subtraction. With a little bit of work, you could create your own cards that are easier or harder for kids to extend the life of the game, too!
Yatzee {2nd grade and up} is such a classic game and requires kids to think about number combinations in very flexible ways, in a similar manner as Math Dice. Then kids have to add up their scores. I bought this game originally to work on multiplication with my 3rd grader.
Prime Climb {2nd grade and up, although you can play with just addition and subtraction with younger kids} is an engaging game to play that helps kids practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills. It doesn’t take too long to play, which is also a nice bonus!
Monopoly {2nd grade and up} does take a while to play, but I love how it incorporates counting and playing with money. If you want a shorter and easier game, I’d also recommend Monopoly Junior {K-2nd grades}.
Gravity Maze {2nd grade and up} was a Christmas gift last year for my now 4th grader. It works on logic, critical thinking, and if you don’t have an engineering mind, you may be up for a challenge or two!
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We like playing Uno as a family. I had forgotten about Battleships so thank you for the reminder. Sum swamp is a great game for practising number bonds to 12 and learning about odd and even.