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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.

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Getting Ready for a Road Trip? These Ideas May Help

We don’t really have any travel to speak of planned this summer, and my daughter is old enough that any lengthy time in the car is usually spent with an audiobook or watching videos. But I remember the struggle of keeping little kids entertained on long trips, especially if you don’t want them on a screen the whole time.

I recently saw this post from Creating Really Awesome Fun Things, which is a roundup of 26 road trip games, ideas and activities that kids can do. From stringing beads onto pipe cleaners to felt busy boards, travel journals and using a pizza box to contain colors, trains (or cars) and more, there are lots of fun and easy ideas here.

I’m a big fan of printable road trip activities, and even have a whole post all about printables for road trips. I used to always do some kind of license plate game, a map, mazes and I-spy style scavenger hunts, which are fun for everyone in the car to play along with. (You can also find some patriotic road trip mazes here.) If your road trip includes a camping trip, check out these camping themed printable games and activities.

Productive Pete has a super cute map of the United States (pictured above) that kids can use in lots of different ways while on the road. They can color the states you travel through, or all the states they’ve ever visited, or use it to give the license plate game an extra challenge as they try to find each state on the map. You can quiz older kids on the state capitols, which you might need to brush up on yourself (guilty!).

Do you have particular games or activities that you always have on hand when you are doing a road trip with kids? I would love to hear about them!

[Photo: Productive Pete.]

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