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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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Christmas STEM Projects

Holidays are a great time to pull in some themed STEM projects. Even kids who aren’t usually into science can get excited about making a reindeer fly or making a Christmas tree out of 3D shapes. Check out these fun Christmas STEM activities to try in your classroom or at home.

Speaking of making reindeer fly, there are lots of different takes on this engineering challenge. In the instructions from The Educator’s Spin on it, kids make a reindeer from recycled materials, then use a string to make it “fly.” You can also do this with a balloon, like in this version from Team Cartwright.

And that Christmas tree project? That one is from Steamsational, and it calls for making a bunch of 3D triangles you then assemble into a tree. The post includes all the tips you’ll need and a printable template for making the triangles.

Another cute idea from Steamsational is making Santa’s sleigh out of an egg carton. Give kids design challenges such as that Santa must stay in the sleigh, it should be able to move and pull weight. It’s so fun to see what kids come up with.

Science Sparks has a printable book full of Christmas-themed experiments with templates kids can cut out and use to make spinning sleighs, shadow puppets, a paper tube to test how much weight it can hold and more. These activities are really low prep beyond the printing, so they’re great when you need to fill a little time at home or at school.

If you have Legos and jingle bells you can make a simple engineering challenge by having kids build mazes that the bells can roll through. Get the details from Innovation Kids Lab. (And check out this fun book of Lego Christmas ornaments!)

Of course you can also put a Christmas spin on classic STEM activities, like making a baking soda volcano in a plastic or glass ball ornament (Little Bins for Little Hands), red and green magic milk (Fun Learning for Kids), Borax crystal ornaments (Go Science Kids) and more!

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