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Our Top 10 Family Math Games
Nov 7, 2016
Here are our top 10 math games. They are in no particular order, we just couldn't chose a favourite. These games have all kept our students interest over the years as well as helped them develop important math skills while having fun!
#1 Even Steven's Odd
A fast-paced, engaging math game for kids and adults. Players learn to recognize odd and even numbers, practice addition and subtraction and improve matching skills. It’s a fun, fast-paced, dice-rolling race! Buy Here
#2 Yahtzee
The classic dice-rolling challenge of Yahtzee. You'll shake, score and shout! Roll the right combinations to beat the competition. Buy Here
#3 Q-bitz
It’s a race to place cubes to match the card's abstract arrangement. This game encourages visual dexterity, logic and focus. With 4 unique rounds of play, this game will remain a highly challenging game for the whole family. Buy Here
#4 Maze Racers
Players use magnetic walls and a good dose of creativity to build the best maze that will leave their opponent scrambling to find their way out. It’s also a race against time, the moment a player has finished their maze, the opponent has one minute to finish theirs. Both sides swap their boards and a furious race starts! By tilting their board, each player steers a ball through the maze as quick as they can. Be the fastest in 2 of 3 rounds to claim victory! Buy Here
#5 Quadrillion
A brainteaser puzzle with limitless possible challenges that encourage logical reasoning, cognitive and critical thinking. With 5 levels of difficulty, this game will remain a highly challenging game for the whole family. Buy Here
#6 Mastermind
The classic code-breaking game encourages logic, creativity, and interaction. It’s a fun game of trial and error, logic and deduction.
#7 Battleship
In this head-to-head game, players practice problem solving as they devise a strategy, logical thinking as they make decisions based on prior outcomes and spatial reasoning as game is played on a 10x10 grid. A long-time family favourite. Buy Here
#8 UNO
Number one card game, UNO offers hours of fun. It's easy to learn, always unpredictable, and never dull. It can be played with 2 to 10 players, individually, or in teams. It teaches kids number recognition. Buy Here
#9 Perplexus Ball
You won’t be able to put Perplexus down. With twists and turns, spirals and ramps, and three different starting points. Perplexus is brainwork that doesn’t seem like work. It’s a clever, mental challenge that your brain will thank you for. Players will be practicing focus, concentration, motor skills, hand-eye coordination, reasoning and spatial thinking. Buy Here
#10 4-Way Countdown
The ultimate challenge of your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills by simply using the numbers on the dice and the pegs on the board. Buy Here