Puzzles/Challenges/Games

How:

Have fun playing games, solving puzzles, taking risks and challenges as you develop your problem solving skills.

https://keygames.com/mastermind-online-game/ -
http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/#
https://smart-games.org/en/set/ Try playing the game of SET
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PeUdCeD0aN9lVlTEIQHwXsUeRUz2YzQRzkozB0DGXX8/edit Check here daily for a new Yohaku puzzle
https://www.transum.org/Software/Puzzles/ wide variety of puzzle type activities here
https://plus.maths.org/content/Puzzle

No technology…no problem. Below are a few suggestions of some games to play that gets kids off the screens while strengthening their math skills:

Crib
Checkers
Chess
Yahtzee
War
SET
Blokus

Why:

Puzzles & Games are great problem-solving tasks as children try one thing, reflect on how well it worked, and then make revisions to their thinking. Perseverance can develop as children wrestle with engaging tasks and puzzles.