Why Use Games?

Games in a classroom, an after-school program, or a tutoring center encourage participation and motivate the learner through active discovery. Using games as educational tools allows the student to have a more positive attitude toward the subject matter, the teacher—or supervising adult—and their own capabilities (Magney, 1990).

Research shows that games are an effective way to maintain and reinforce basic concepts and skills. Young children learn best through direct interaction with real materials. Games provide an authentic purpose for children to practice and develop newly acquired skills. The mechanisms involved when students are playing games are just as cognitive as when students are doing math seatwork (Bjorkland & Brown, 1998).

Games provide a way of taking the drudgery out of the practice of skills, and indeed of making the practice more effective. A game that is enjoyed can deliver far more practice than a set of examples… (Rowe, 2005).

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Growing Through Math Games can be purchased as a kit or as separate games.  Click here to see the games, the kit contents, and order.