Teachers Love This Version Of Monopoly – See Why

September 29, 2015 by Shellie Wilson 7 Comments

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:

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.
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.
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.
Use technology: There are many online math games and resources that can make learning math more interactive and fun.
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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Ali Lightfoot says
July 25, 2016 at 4:31 pm
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??
Sarah White says
July 28, 2016 at 5:12 pm
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).
Angelina Vargas says
January 15, 2017 at 1:23 am
How do I download the monopoly game?
Sarah White says
January 18, 2017 at 12:53 pm
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.
KAREN HANSBERRY says
June 10, 2022 at 7:27 am
Where can we get cards for the railroads and utilities
Sarah White says
June 14, 2022 at 12:03 pm
I think they are still available at the linked site!
April Lombardo says
February 7, 2023 at 8:00 pm
Thank you SO much! My 6th graders LOVED this activity !!!

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Learning Activities with Snap Cubes

A classic manipulative in the preschool and early elementary classroom is the snap cube, also known as math cubes, unifix cubes or unit cubes. These little one inch cubes often come in a set of 100 in 10 different colors, and they snap together so they’re easy to use for all sorts of math learning, measuring and more.

No Time for Flashcards has a cute robot printable to use with cubes to measure the height of each robot. That one is free but they also have other printable cube mats that are a paid resource.

Catherine & Co uses math cubes to teach kids about measuring volume. They make a letter from cubes and then measure the volume (there’s a printable worksheet in the post).

Pattern recognition is another fun and easy activity you can do with the cubes. You can use printables like these from Planning Playtime, or just make a pattern from cubes and have kids repeat it or figure out what comes next. There’s another good set of pattern printables at English Created Resources.

Because there are 10 sets of 10 cubes in a pack, these are great for teaching one to one correspondence, counting, sorting and basic addition and subtraction. English Created Resources has great printable number mats you can use to form the number from cubes and count out the number of cubes that corresponds to that number.

ParenTutor has a great collection of snap cube activity ideas, most of which are just pictures, but it’s work taking a look through the post for ideas for using them at home or in the classroom.

To give just a few of their examples, you can match linked blocks to the corresponding number of pieces, use blocks to find different ways to add up to 10, compare numbers and determine which one is more or less, skip counting and weighing different numbers of blocks.

You can also use unit cubes to learn letters, like with these super cute alphabet mats from Fun Learning for Kids. Kids can trace the letter, make it out of cubes and practice writing a word that starts with that letter.

Of course you can also use them to build things, since they are blocks, and there are tons of pattern mats on Teachers Pay Teachers. I also love these dinosaur themed mats from Lets Go to Learn on Etsy.

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