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Teachers Love This Version Of Monopoly – See Why

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Monopoly is a game familiar to everyone around the world but this version has teachers super excited. This version uses Math strategies to take you around the board. This game is aimed at 7+  years to help learn and revise classroom maths in the home setting. Do you think your kids would sit down and play this? Free DIY printable Mathonopoly Game. 

This Mathonopoly game is so popular, you may want to print it out and laminate this free maths board game so you can use it again and again. Such a great tool for teaching math in a fun environment.

Looking for more resources? Check out these board games for learning Math and Multiplication?

There are several things that parents and educators can do to help change kids’ perceptions of math and make it more engaging and interesting:

  1. Find ways to make math relevant to their lives: One way to make math more engaging is to show kids how it is used in the real world. For example, you can demonstrate how math is used in cooking, sports, or other activities that children enjoy.
  2. Use hands-on activities: Children often learn better when they are actively engaged in an activity. Try using hands-on math activities, such as manipulatives or games, to make learning math more interactive and fun.
  3. Encourage problem-solving: Math is all about solving problems, so encourage children to approach math as a series of challenges that they can solve. This can help to make math more engaging and rewarding.
  4. Use technology: There are many online math games and resources that can make learning math more interactive and fun.
  5. Be positive and encouraging: If a child is struggling with math, it’s important to be patient and supportive. Avoid criticizing or scolding them, and instead try to find ways to help them understand the material.

Overall, there are many things that parents and educators can do to help change kids’ perceptions of math and make it more engaging and interesting. With some effort and creativity, it is possible to help children see the value and enjoyment in learning math.

 

 

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  1. What are the rules for mathopoly? Is it played like regular monopoly and you have to solve equation correctly in order to buy or is the buying process eliminated??

  2. I think you could do it either way, but it looks like in this version you just solve the equation and would put some kind of marker to indicate who solved it so you can tally up the score at the end (or play to 10, or whatever).

  4. Go to the page linked, which is in Italian. You’ll see where it says
    Mathonopoly 7-11 anni

    Mathonopoly 11-14 anni

    and they are links to the download pages for math problems for different years. It takes you to another page with a download button.

Have you read?

Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

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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