It's Saturday and time to mention another fun math app:
I first read about Cash Cow lite on Teach Science and Math. I downloaded the free version and DS8 started playing.Within a few minutes, I made my second math app purchase. Ever. We bought the full version of Cash Cow.
My son's description: "You add coins together to make bigger amounts: .05, .10, .25, 1.00. If you get to higher levels you can add glowing coins together to get more money. When you're done with a level you get to buy things for your farm."
It's a great little game for identifying coin values and putting various combinations together to produce higher valued coins. The game hasn't lost it's intrigue after accompanying us to a lot of basketball games. I, too, find it fun. We've definitely gotten our $.99 out of it.
Check out other math apps I've reviewed. The majority are free.
We've been working on materials from Bridges, Grade 3, of The Math Learning Center. I want to share some fun activities, designed to promote fluency with addition facts.
One card game, "Make the Sum," comes with the MLC materials. Prior to receiving the materials, we played "Make Ten," a variation based on the MLC game using a deck of regular cards. Materials Needed: deck of cards, A = 1, then 2-9 cards (remove all other face cards)
Object: To collect combinations of cards that make 10. Player with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
To play: Shuffle the deck and lay face down on the table. Draw top card and lay face up on the playing field. Player #1 looks at the card and says which card he would like to draw in order to make 10. He draws a card. If he can make 10, he tells the other player which cards add up to 10 and takes those cards. If not, he adds his card to the field.
Player #2 then says which cards he would like to draw in order to make 10 using the cards already on the field. He draws and then either makes 10 or, if not, lays his card on the field and play goes back to Player #1. Combinations of more than two cards are desirable as the players with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
Here's a video demonstrating how to play the MLC game.
My student gained more skills practice in "Make 10" by using an on-line game (also recommended by MLC) called "Math Lines." This game is unbelievably addictive. It's embarrassing to admit, but I made my little student stand next to me and watch while I played because I wanted to see how many levels I could master. ;) He loves the game as well.
Farm addition is another game that provides practice in addition facts. We found it just as we finished My Little Farm.
