{"id":2038,"date":"2017-10-30T13:05:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/?page_id=2038"},"modified":"2017-11-03T11:11:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T15:11:46","slug":"games-activities-offline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/for-families\/doing-math-together\/games-activities-offline\/","title":{"rendered":"Games and Activities to Do Offline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Page Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Games and Activities to Do Offline<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.1&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.85&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"first\">Mathematical Games, Toys, and Hobbies<\/h4>\n<p>Many children have hobbies, and most enjoy playing games with their families. One way families can do more math together is to play games that involve strategic thinking and reasoning, and point out the mathematics in them. Families can also spend time together exploring mathematical materials like blocks and puzzles, and collections of things like buttons or baseball cards. Also, reading together offers many opportunities for families to talk about and do math together. See <a href=\"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/for-families\/doing-math-together\/mathematical-childrens-literature\/\">Mathematical Children&#8217;s Literature<\/a> for suggestions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Checkers<\/li>\n<li>Chess<\/li>\n<li>Backgammon<\/li>\n<li>Mancala<\/li>\n<li>Mastermind<\/li>\n<li>Board games (such as Monopoly)<\/li>\n<li>Card games (e.g. Go Fish, rummy)<\/li>\n<li>Uno<\/li>\n<li>Set<\/li>\n<li>Krypto<\/li>\n<li>24<\/li>\n<li>Tangrams<\/li>\n<li>Dominoes<\/li>\n<li>2-D and 3-D Puzzles<\/li>\n<li>Sewing, quilting<\/li>\n<li>Construction toys (such as building blocks, Legos,or Kinex)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Cooking<\/li>\n<li>Collections of things(stamps, coins, baseball cards, buttons, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Building models<\/li>\n<li>Oragami and paper folding<\/li>\n<li>Commercially-available materials (such as connecting cubes, Geoblocks\u00a0 or pattern blocks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Websites with Math Activities<\/h2>\n<p>These sites provide math problems, games and activities that family can do together, off of the computer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081026000728\/http:\/www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org\/aunty\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aunty Math: Math Challenges for K-5 Learners<\/a>. A new math problem every<br \/>\nother week. Visitors are encouraged to solve the problem and then<br \/>\nshare their work with an adult, friend or classmate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/pubs\/EarlyMath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins<\/a>. Mathematical actvities for parents<br \/>\nand their 2- to 5-year old children.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/for-families\/doing-math-together\/everyday-activities\/\">Everyday Math Activities.\u00a0<\/a>Suggestions for doing meaningful mathematics while engaged in typical everyday activities like shopping in the grocery store, visiting the post office, traveling, cooking, or reading together.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.figurethis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Figure This!: Math Challenges for Families<\/a>. 80 sets of 4 paper-and-pencil questions that illustrate challenging middle school mathematics, from The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Hints and answers are provided.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/parents\/academic\/help\/math\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics<\/a>. A booklet that includes activities adults can use with children in preschool through grade 5, to helpi strengthen<br \/>\ntheir math skills. Also available in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/espanol\/parents\/academic\/matematicas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mathforum.org\/students\/elem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Math Forum Student Center<\/a>. Links to games, resources, math software, mailing lists and other reference materials related to learning and teaching math.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mixinginmath.terc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mixing in Math.<\/a> &#8220;Quick ways to mix math into what after-school programs already do: sports, snack time, arts and crafts, playground games.&#8221; The K-7 activities are &#8220;easy to prep &#8230; easy to lead &#8230; free &#8230; and can complement homework in a variety of ways.&#8221; Also available in <a href=\"http:\/\/mixinginmath.terc.edu\/materials_sp\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Books of Math Activities<\/h2>\n<p>These books provide math problems, games and activities that families can do together. Check your local library.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allison, Linda and Weston, M. (1993). <em>Eenie meenie, miney math: math play for you and your preschooler<\/em>. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.<\/li>\n<li>Apelman, Maya and King, Julie. (1993). <em>Exploring everyday math: ideas for students, teachers, and parents<\/em>. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.<\/li>\n<li>Burns, Marilyn. <em>The book of think<\/em> (1976), <em>The I hate mathematics! boo<\/em>k (1975), <em>Math for smarty pants<\/em> (1982) and <em>This book is about time<\/em> (1978). Boston, MA: Little, Brown. (These and other <em>Brainy Day Books<\/em> are also available through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathsolutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Math Solutions Publications<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>Kaye, Peggy. (1987). <em>Games for math<\/em>. NY: Pantheon Books.<\/li>\n<li>Mokros, Jan. (1996). <em>Beyond facts and flashcards: exploring math with your kids<\/em>. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.<\/li>\n<li>Pappas, Theoni. (1997). <em>Math for Kids &amp; Other People Too!<\/em> Wide World Publishing, Tetra. (Other Pappas titles include:\u00a0<em>The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat, The Further Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat, and Fractals, Googols and Other Mathematical Tales<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li>Robertson, Laurel. (2000) <em>Homeside math: K-2 standards based math ideas for parents<\/em>. Oakland, CA: Developmental Studies Center.<\/li>\n<li>Stenmark, Jean Kerr, Thompson, Virginia, and Cossey, Ruth. (1986). <em>Family Math<\/em>. Published by <a href=\"http:\/\/store.lawrencehallofscience.org\/Category\/equals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lawrence Hall of Science<\/a> at the University of California at Berkeley. (Also available: <em>Family Math II<\/em> by Grace D\u00e1vila Coates and Virginia Thompson (2003); <em>Family Math for Young Children<\/em> by Grace D\u00e1vila Coates and Jean Kerr Stenmark (1997); <em>Family Math: The Middle School Years<\/em> by Virginia Thompson and Karen Mayfield-Ingram (1998); and <em>Matem\u00e1tica Para La Familia<\/em> by Jean Kerr Stenmark, Virginia Thompson, and Ruth Cossey (1987).)<\/li>\n<li>VanCleave, Janice. (1991). <em>Janice VanCleave&#8217;s Math for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Math Fun<\/em>. Jossey-Bass. (Also see: <em>Janice VanCleave&#8217;s Geometry for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Geometry Fun<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li>Zaslavsky, Claudia. (1998). <em>Math games &amp; activities from around the world.<\/em> Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/70.40.220.109\/~tercedu\/investigations\/inv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/families_P9102972.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; animation_direction=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_cta admin_label=&#8221;Learn More&#8221; title=&#8221;Learn More&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;on&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#005285&#8243; custom_button=&#8221;off&#8221; button_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#005285&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.85&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/for-families\/doing-math-together\/games-activities-online\/\">Games and Activities to Play Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/for-families\/doing-math-together\/mathematical-childrens-literature\/\">Mathematical Children&#8217;s Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Games and Activities to Do Offline Mathematical Games, Toys, and Hobbies Many children have hobbies, and most enjoy playing games with their families. 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