Everyday Mathematics Family Games Kit for Early Childhood

What is Everyday Mathematics Family Games Kit for Early Childhood

A collection of rules, game boards and numerous bits for playing twelve different educational games, all with a focus on early childhood mathematics. While designed for home use by parents, many of the games in the kit are also suitable for classroom use with larger groups. The rules booklet and each game includes an introductory section about the purpose of the collection and each game. The games included in the kit are as follows:

Coin Exchange (Money Cube Game 1) -- A two player game using play money and two special dice, each marked with 2 pennies, 2 nickles and 2 dimes. Players simply roll the dice and collect money from the bank. The winner is the player with the most money when the bank runs out of dimes.

Concentration with Number Cards and Dominoes -- A two player game using a special deck of numbered cards (0 through 9) and 10 dominoes from a standard set that have a total of 0 to 9 pips. The cards and dominoes are shuffled and arranged in a face-down tableau, and the players take turns flipping over one card and one tile, collecting matching sets.

Disappearing Train -- A two to four player board game a special board, 16 counters for each player and a special die with sides -1, -2, -3 and +3, with two other blank sides. Players make trains out of 12 of their counters and remove counters from the train according to the die roll, but the player has to roll a positive number to begin and an exact number to end. The game ends when a player collects 12 counters.

Game details

Players

2–5

Age

+3

Duration

10 min

Difficulty

Medium

Type

Board game

Year

2003

Mechanics

Area Majority / Influence · Dice Rolling · Pattern Building

Categories

Animals · Card Game · Children's Game

Designer

(Uncredited)

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Inc.