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August 6, 2015

Simple Math Card Games for Kids

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Simple math card games are a great way for kids to play with math!

 Preschool, kindergarten, first grade and older kids can practice so many math concepts with just a deck of cards. Since you only need a pack of cards to play they are they perfect activity to do when you’re on the go too.

Simple math card games that kids love to play! Perfect for kindergarten and first grade kids!

Math Card Games for Kids

Card Sort

Cards are perfect to use to practice sorting. Kids can sort them by suit, color and numbers. Older kids can group also group them by odds and evens or into multiples too.

Put in Order

Kids can use cards to practice counting and ordering numbers correctly. Younger kids can start with just a few to order at a time and older kids can time themselves to see how fast they can be a larger group into numerical order.

Go Fish

Go fish is the classic number identification game. Asking each other if they have a certain number is a great way to practice recognizing the different numbers and is a good game to help get kids ready for kindergarten.

Play with Patterns

Use the different suits, colors, or face cards to create math patterns. ABC, AABB, and ABAB are common math patterns young kids should be able to start to identify and complete.

Make Ten

The ability to make a ten out of numbers is a math skill that will help kids with addition and subtraction. Set out cards and have kids combine them to make as many tens as they can. Kindergarten students can use the graphics on the cards to help them check to see if they are correct.

War

War was the favorite game when my son was in kindergarten. His teacher had them playing against each other, her and even parents and the kids loved every second of it. Comparing number values helps kids develop number sense and sets them up for success with addition and subtraction and more.

Hi Low

Older kids who are beginning to add and subtract numbers can play a variation of War called Hi Low. Instead of turning over 1 card each player turns over 2 and adds them (or subtracts them). The player with the higher answer wins. Much more fun than doing addition facts on flashcards.

Simple Math Card Games for Kids!

 Adapt these game to fit your child’s interest or ability level to keep the learner going! For example use all the single digit cards as teens or multiple instead of adding to make the game more challenging for older kids.

Camp Mathematics

We’ve had so much fun with Camp Mathematics this summer–6 weeks worth to be exact!

This is the final week of Camp Mathematics and both Erica and I are sharing fun math games. Your kids will love her cooperative dice games so go see how to play!

Have you missed a week of Camp Mathematics? Catch up now!

Week 1: DIY Abacus for Kids and Counting Down Math Game

Week 2: Shake and Add Math Game and Magic Squares Game

Week 3: Grape Shapes STEM Activity and T Puzzle

Week 4: Math Patterns in Nature and Spirolaterals

Week 5: Sandwich Fractions and a Printable Fraction Game

Week 6: Math Card Games and Cooperative Dice Games

Our 6 week Camp Mathematics may be over but the best thing about the internet is that YOU can do them at home anytime!

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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