Learning Resources Math Island Addition & Subtraction Game, Educational Games, Elementary Math, Teaching Toys, Childrens Math Games, Educational Indoor Games, 8 Pieces, Age 6+

I ordered the game to teach my 6yo son to subtraction and more advance (up to 20) addition. He loves to play it. Of course I have to spend time to explain to him these mathematical examples. It works the best with some kind of tokens. For example I use candies. When he gets an example like: 9-5 I ask him: "Imagine, you had 9 candies. You decided to give 5, how many do you left for yourself?" . I give him 9 candies for start, he gives me 5 candies and figures out that he has 4 left. After 2 week of every day playing, I see significant improvements: we don't need candies, he can use his fingers for most of the cases if he wants. More and more he starts solving problems quicker and in his head without using additional tools. The price could be cheaper , but overall, the most important in this game is that he wants to play it and enjoys it. (Otherwise I hardly imaging forcing him to do math with a paper and pen :D ). Parents need to invest time, explain, be patient and supporting. THE MOST IMPORTANT: You (the adult!) wanna let you kid win in this game! This keeps them motivated and they will want to play. One cheating advise: try to set the dice with operation to minus (-), this way you ensure that you won't throw a very big number and won't advance that quickly as your child. Enjoy! P.S. If you child is 3-4yo I would recommend game Zahlenzauber. My kid well in love with that game at that age, and playing it, he learned to recognize numbers and counting to 10 in 1-2 weeks. Now I am searching for some similar hit games. I've tried multiple games before, not allow them did that great job as these two.

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Great game. My 4 (almost 5) year old needs help with the math but he loves to play and it’s really helping him learn the basics. I was impressed because he usually balks at anything educational. We use the volcano for every roll to make it more fun. Game is super simple to set up and easy to understand. Would recommend.

It's got pretty easy play for young children. A great way to practice addition and subtraction to 20. We bring out our set of counting bears for our youngest players and our older practice solving in thier head. If playing with 4 players, could turn into a long game when every player is landing on numbered squares and moving backwards, it was just the luck of our draws the other day but it was over an hour to play though. It had never taken that long any other game play. We just all had a day of unlucky sums that kept landing us backwards lol Overall, the kids really enjoy this one, and I love that it doesnt just involve counting spaces but also practicing addition and subtracrion to 20.

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