Are there any games that can help kids do double digit mental addition?

Ann

Hello Ann,

The following would be helpful games to help prepare and to practice addition with double digits.

Corners A9
Corners Three A38
Corners Four A41
(the scoring is the double digit pratice)
Mental Addition A57
On the Number w/ double digits A58
Addition Puzzle 1 A61
Addition Puzzle 2 A63

Not in the book, just an idea...
you can do addtion war with the blue product cards instead of using the green basic cards.
Follow the same rules in "Addition War A44", just use the blue deck instead...granted I don't know the likely hood of getting a war, but it will give them the practice they need in a friendly, non-rote manner. Just an thought.

Hope the game list helps.
Also if you are finding that double digits are a problem, please make sure she has a solid grasp on place value.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Thank you,
Carissa
Customer Service Rep

Thanks loads! This is terrific! My son is at the wall in level B. I will be doing easier games with him and now and then do one of these.

Ann

Ann,

I am glad it helps. Let me encouarge you as he "hits the wall". Take your time and keep doing the games.

I believe this program produces excellent students if you do three major components.

1) Limit your time. I recommend approx. 30 min per child (less time for 6yo and under). Even if you don't finish the lesson. Pick up where you left off the next day. Remember in schools there is only about 5 to 10 min of core NEW information, the rest is review, repeating, and class management. With this program the WHOLE lesson is new information, that can be quite overwhelming. And while you are taking your time, in the long run, when you finish this program, he will be far ahead of most kids his age.

2)Play the games...I mean play the games even when it it does not say to play the games. Goal would be 2-4 times a week.

3)Tune into the needs of the child and not the curriculum. I find that with young boys, in general, less time, less talking, and more white board time does the trick. Having to write on a small paper loses the concentration on the math, as they are focused on fine motor skills. I have my younger kids do most of the problems on the white board, WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!
Sometimes the "walls" are nothing short of needing more time to learn, process, and experience the new idea.

I am more than happy that you sought out games, I believe that it is an excellent way to accomplish the three major ways to succeed.

Please feel free to email for more game ideas.

Sincerely,
Carissa
Customer Service Rep

I just started to re-write the worksheet problems on the chalk board. He eagerly did the problems! I am going to only ask him to do 3 problems per math day, since he does find them hard. Then I really think he needs to do simple addition games. I think he somehow got the idea that it is too sissy to use the abacus. He needs it sometimes. So I think I should work on that while doing the simple math games. He just doesn't know the math facts as well as his sister did.

Hello Ann,

It's okay that he doesn't know them as well as his sister. They all develop differently. Just keeping doing what you have planned to do, it sounds like a good plan. And now that he is taking to the board give that time for him to catch up, I saw results with my son in about 3-4weeks. I noticed his understanding come alive.

As far as the abacus I hear that regularly that they think it is a "sissy" toy or a "baby" toy. Just continue to remind him it is a TOOL for math, Just like his pencil and paper are tools to aid in his math.

The abacus is the concrete tool he needs to learn the the facts, or better said the strategies on how to solve his math facts. Have him use it more until you see he doesn't need it anymore.

He may need some games that help him in the "quantity" area. The cards would be the beads, the tally sticks and the hands, have him spend more time doing the visual games that have quantity and not just the numberic symbols.

But never stop playing "Go to the Dump" it is too valuble, also, do rosw and columns, and corners.

Have you done the Cotter's Fractal yet?
If you haven't you may want to consider that so he can also have time constructing the place values of ones, tens and hundreds.

Overall, keep doing what you plan to do, add in the games that teach numeration, or quantity; focus on his place value, as he needs to understand what makes a ten and what makes a hundred and so on. Use the abacus as long as it takes for him to visualize it. And take your time, there is no hurry, give him time to find the method he understands.

Keep me posted on how it goes.

Thank you,
Carissa
Customer Service Rep