Sunday, August 31, 2008

Week 6

Calculators & Games

Calculators are very common tools used in Mathematics lessons but should them be used just for calculation? Never underestimate calculators! Besides using them for calculation purposes, they can also be used as tools for mathematics games. This was what we did in one of our lessons. Each and everyone of us were given a calculator and we were asked to display our favourite numbers on the calculators. We were then asked to group/arrange ourselves according to ascending and descending order of the numbers we displayed on the calculators.

There are other interesting games that a teacher can create in a Mathematics lesson and the games do not necessarily need to involve some fancy and expensive materials. A teacher just has to be creative and improvise any materials and resources which are available around them to make a mathematics lesson as interesting and meaningful as possible.


Below are some other Mathematics games that can be used in Mathematics lesson to help young children explore math concepts:

1. Subsitise Egg




2. Teddy Bear Race




3. Closer is Better

2 comments:

Ann H said...

Be sure to identify the specific maths focus. You might also consider adding some text to explain how you would use the game and what language/vocabulary is appropriate.

Alyaa said...

Yup,calculator mmg useful in every way.Without calculator I will die.Hahahahah