Board games
The purpose of this resource is to provide suggestions to whānau about how they can support their children with their mathematics learning through playing board games.
About this resource
This section provides some ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics using everyday experiences and resources found around your home. It includes ideas for supporting your children’s learning in all areas of mathematics: geometry, measurement, statistics, algebra and number.
This page provides suggestions as to how whānau can use board games to support mathematics learning.
Board games
While many board games are not specifically maths related, they can provide valuable experience in areas such as counting, strategizing next moves, addition, subtraction, or multiplication in score keeping, and spatial awareness as the players move around a board to reach a goal.
Traditional games like Checkers or Draughts, Battleships, Snakes and Ladders, and Chinese Checkers are often available in discount and department stores, and sometimes libraries also have these available for lending. Many schools also run Chess clubs and welcome parent help in teaching and mentoring chess players.
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