Throwback Tuesday: Homeschooling with Games
**Originally published November 14,2012 when my boys were 5, 6, & 8**
Some days when no one really feels like "doing" schoolwork, I like to pull out a stack of games and have a gameschooling day. Today was one of those days.
Evan and I played tic- tac- toe sight words this morning.
I printed out a blank tic tac toe template then filled it in with a few sight words. It's played just like regular tic- tac- toe but in order to cover the sight word he had to read it to me first (since he's very new to sight words I coached him quite a bit) and we had fun.
He knew yes, mom, dad, red and go! I had no idea he knew that many words.
Ian and I played a multiplication dice game. We had to roll two dice and cover up the answer on the the board. The object was to be the one to get the most covered. It was great practice and sure beat writing down all the multiplication facts.
Everyone wanted to play Alec's math memory game; Match 10.
We've played this before, it's played with the number cards 1-9 out of the Uno deck and you try to flip over two cards that match/add to 10. We had a lot of fun, and Ian ended up winning by the last two matches.
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Evan and I played Dinosaur Train All Aboard to work on numbers. It's a traditional board game that we got a long time ago but I thought it was a fun way to teach him to recognize the numbers he spins and to use one to one correspondence to move his dinosaur along the trail.
We also played a 123 Go Diego Go game since he asked.
I love that we can cover just about every school subject using games and fun!
Oftentimes we just pick out board games and play them as is, but with a little creativity I really can cover just about any elementary school subject using games (like taking those Uno cards and making it a math lesson)!
What are your favorite games to play?
We also played a 123 Go Diego Go game since he asked.
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Oftentimes we just pick out board games and play them as is, but with a little creativity I really can cover just about any elementary school subject using games (like taking those Uno cards and making it a math lesson)!
What are your favorite games to play?
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Perfect... to learn too with playing a game. I know it's a good way.
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Thank you! It definitely keeps them engaged and the lessons often last much longer than a traditional book and paper one.
DeleteThat sounded like a lot of fun! So many games can be learning tools.
ReplyDeleteThey sure can! I have lots of posts about various games we used for learning all sorts of subjects.
DeleteOk Baby Evan? I can't ! Holy preciousness!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you!
DeleteThere are so many lessons in games and gameplay!
ReplyDeleteThere sure are.
DeleteYou know what really strikes me about your homeschooling? It was so similar to what I did with my special education students!
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I could see that!
DeleteI love this so much!! I am happy to say that I still learn a lot more by playing or tinkering around with ideas. I also read Japanese manga and German comic books for those languages. Learning while playing seems to stick a lot better than just reading and studying.
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I think so too! Enjoyment makes one WANT to learn and that is huge.
DeleteI love the idea of using games to teach children!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It was a lot of fun.
DeleteThose photos are precious! I loved using games to reinforce math and language art concepts... and so did the kids! It's fun now that my granddaughter is old enough to understand a few simple ones!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you!
DeleteJoanne, this post is one of my features for WTJR 11.28.2025. Thank you for sharing with us!
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