Multiplication with Minecraft

I actually mentioned this idea back in March when I talked about a Harry Potter-themed math game (which, if you haven’t seen, you should absolutely check it out), but it’s so cool that I feel like it needs a mention on its own. And Minecraft math might be just the thing to help your game-obsessed kids get a little learning in this summer, right?

Royal Baloo made this awesome Minecraft-themed multiplication game, which you can print out at home and set up pretty easily (you will need access to a color printer). The idea is that you are trying to collect all the resources by landing on different colored parts of the game board. To collect that resource, you have to correctly answer the multiplication problem on the back.

It’s such a great idea and would be adaptable to a lot of different themes (she also has a Pokemon one). I mean, I want to play this and I don’t even like Minecraft.

[Photo: Royal Baloo.] Looking for more resources? Check out these board games for learning Math and Multiplication?

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Harry Potter Crafts and Activities

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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