If you are looking for a fun game to play that will also help your child with their math facts grab a deck of cards & play "Go Fish"
Here's how to play:
1. Sort through the deck to remove all cards that are higher than that featured number for the math game. For example, if you are playing "Go Fish 7" with ones (aces) through sevens.
2. Deal out five cards to each player and place the remaining cards in a draw pile.
3. Have each player look through his or her hand of cards to find any pairs that add up to the featured number and place them face up in their discard pile. For example, if learning addition facts for the number seven, appropriate pairs would be 6+1, 5+2 or 4+3. The 7 card would also be laid aside as a correct solution that doesn’t require a pair (7+0).
4. The person to the left of the dealer may now ask any other player for a card that will help create the sum required. If the person asked has the card in his hand, he must give it up to the player that made the request. A player can keep asking for cards until no further matches are able to be made, at which point he is told to Go Fish! from the draw pile and the next player takes a turn trying to make a match.
5. If a player runs out of cards he can choose five more cards from the draw pile to stay in the game.
6. Continue playing until all the cards in the deck have been matched to make the number combination.
This is a fun game for the whole family and helps your child practice math facts all at the same time! Start with "Go Fish 5" and move up as they master each number combination.