What is a "maths game"?

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We had parents evening yesterday for our year 2 daughter. Apart from the fact that I feel wretchedly guilty that I didn't hide my disappointment in some of the teachers comments from my dd, and she consequently was sobbing for most of last night - one of the suggestions was that we play "maths games" at home to try and get her more into maths. Please can any kind teachers out there explain to v demoralized mother and daughter what kind of things are maths games, and how we make them as fun as possible?

Thanks

I'd say things like Snakes and ladders and Ludo but my DD is a bit younger.

Orchard Toys do a nice range of "educational" games see here

bingo is a maths game

to introduce maths into everyday life then you could get her to double the weighs in a recipe, wiegh out her cornflakes in the morning

i'm sure others will have ideas

There are some good online games for improving maths skills. Try here .

try the bbc/childrens bit for good online games

ELC do lots of maths games - shopping, shape, time etc.

try baker ross too

soory no time to look for links as i'm only here for 5 mins!

To me a maths game is any game that involves numbers. One good idea is to use two dice when playing board games so that the numbers have to be added. Or buy or make some blank cards and put simple sums on them and use them instead of dice. Shopping is a good way to introduce maths too.

We have things like elc Shopping game, dominoes, Orchard toys' Spotty Dogs, variations of snakes and ladders and ludo. We also use things like Lego blocks to illustrate addition, subtraction and so on. However you can do things like saving empty packets and making your own shop - write a list, add up prices, work out change and so on - cooking for measuring and weighing, measuring things using a tape measure/ruler/pencil length and estimate before actually measuring.

ds' School also sends home as part of homework cards with dots , for example, to use as a sort of snap ie Compare if higher or lower. Deal out 2 or 3 cards and decide if total is higher or lower than partner's. You could probably make similar at home.

hth

I had a similar problem with my dd's parents evening,(yr1) she hasn't been doing as well as I thought. Anyway here were a few maths suggetions when I asked.

good ideas here