This page lists all the grade 1 math games on this website. If you are a teacher or parent of first graders, you'll surely find something useful here! You might also like to check out my lists of second grade math games or kindergarten math games, or see a complete list of all the elementary math games on this site.
Do you have a group of kindy kids struggling to remember addition sums up to 10? Try this math board game on them. You'll need to do some printing and cutting first, and find a die (dice) and some playing pieces.
Not exactly a game, but certainly a useful tool for teaching kids addition and subtraction facts - either actively through memory exercises, or passively through osmosis! These addition and subtraction tables and charts are free, and ready for you to print and use.
One of these addition and subtraction worksheets is especially designed as a learning tool, not just a revision exercise. The sums are ordered so that the child working through them will discover for themselves the relationship between addition and subtraction, and other important points. There are some plain vanilla revision worksheets too!
An Advent Calendar, besides being a great Christmas tradition, helps teach younger kids counting and calendars in a fun, exciting way. Download and print this free advent calendar, make up up with a trimmer and glue, and enjoy the Christmas countdown with your child.
Fish Plus One is a game with simple rules, for teaching addition facts such as 3+1=4. It can be played with a normal set of playing cards, or UNO cards. Once kids have mastered adding 1 to numbers, you can move them on to Fish Plus Two, Fish Plus Three... or maybe even Fish Plus Plus!
Are you finding flashcards a drag? Try your child on the Flashcard Stepping Stones game. It's easy to set up, and the rules are simple.
Another tool for helping kids "get" multi-digit numbers is the foldable number sheet. Print as many as you want, cut and fold, and watch the movie for tips on their use.
"Get into Groups Of... five minus two!" This game is a great game for younger children - because it involves lots of running around! Good for kindy kids, also for 1st and 2nd graders. The page shows how to vary the rules to make it interesting for older children too.
Playing Mathino is a card game you canm play with an ordinary pack of cards, which will make your children keen to practice their mental arithmetic!
Try Sight Numbers for a tool to help drill your kids on addition, subtraction and times tables until these basics become automatic!
This Spirograph Applet is sure to be a hit with the artistically inclined. You can use it to make pretty patterns, and if you choose to "trust" the applet, you can even save them to disk or print them out. I've also made a page explaining the math that kids will pick up while using it.
Why not try the Traffic Jam Game (or the Online Version)? It's a collection of logic puzzles, ranging from simple to challenging. The brightly-colored playing pieces and simple rules will capture your kid's hearts.
Well, that's all for now. But visit back often, so that you'll always be the first to see any new grade one math games that I put on this site!
Yours, Dr Mike....
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