Homemade Pokemon math game

My kids made this homemade Pokemon math game together.

Rules:

You roll a die and go around the circle collecting water, electric, fire, and grass type pokemon.  You get a water type when you answer a multiplication problem correctly, electric when you answer a division problem correctly, fire when you answer an addition problem correctly, and grass when you answer a subtraction problem correctly.  Once you have collected one of each of these pokemon type you can enter through the gate.  To win the game you must answer one of each type (multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction) correctly after going through the gate.

They also happened to have pokemon toys, so they actually get to "collect" one of each when they get the answer correct.

More for the reading/math flashcards

Mix it up, make your own number and letter cards for the grid!  My girls love Disney princesses and My Little Pony, another loves an old game called Undertale and the book series Warriors.  Instead of making the grid just plain numbers and letters, make some cards that have pictures of things they love.  It's a great way let them pick out fun pictures that will get them excited to play!  Switch out the flashcards too.  The Dollar Store has all kinds of flashcards from princesses to addition and subtraction, telling time, counting money, etc... My boys are even using the game to learn to read music notes.

You can also get your own printable version of it on teacherspayteachers.com:

Printable Reading Game For Learning To Read And Elementary Practice (teacherspayteachers.com)

Counting Activity

This is a fun way to get the child active and counting.  Make flashcards that have activities like jumping jacks, clapping your hands, finding states on a map, even math problems.  Have the child roll a die and draw a card from the activity cards.  The number they roll is the number of jumping jacks they do, the number of times they clap their hands, the number of states they have to find on a map, the number of math problems they have to solve correctly.  We've even added in state capitals when we play.  You could even have it be the number of letters/letter sounds they get correct or the number of sentences they have to read... there are so many things you could do with this activity!  This is a favorite in my house!

Domino Letters/Numbers

This one is a bit more... difficult... but if you or your child love to set up dominoes it can be pretty fun.  Just draw a number or ABC card and set the dominoes up to look like the number or letter on the card.  Then watch as they fall over and do it all over again.

Lego Math

Here's a game you can play with Legos.  Roll one die (or draw a number card).  Count out that number of Legos.  Roll another die (or again, draw a number card) and count out that number of Legos.  Then, have your child draw a card or roll a die to find out if they need to add or subtract those numbers.  Have them tell you the answer to the math sentence. This can be done with Legos, sorting dinosaurs, marbles, blocks, pretty much anything you have a large number of around your house.  Use whatever you think your child will enjoy the most!

Lego Numbers and Letters

This idea is pretty basic.  Draw a number or ABC card and have the child make that number or letter with the Legos.  Then ask them to tell you what it is and if it's a letter, what sound it makes.

Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To

There are two different ways to do this idea:

1) Draw a number card (or roll a die).  Count out that many Legos or dinosaurs.  Then, draw another card and count out that many Legos.  Have the child decide whether the first number is greater than, less than, or equal two the second number and place the appropriate flash card in the middle.

2) Draw a number card.  Count out that many Legos.  Then, draw a card from the greater than, less than, or equal two cards.  Have the child place it next to the pile.  Then, they have to count out a number of Legos that fits the math sentence.  For example: If I draw a 3, I would then count out 3 Legos.  Then I would draw from the greater than, less than, or equal to cards.  Let's say I draw a less than symbol, I would then place that next to the pile of 3 Legos.  Then, I would count out any number greater than 3 and place it next to the symbol card.  Let's say I picked the number 4.  My math sentence would then have 3<4.

Lego Color Sorting

For this you  could use color flashcards, a plain piece of paper that you've colored in, or just a piece of construction paper.  (The Dollar store has packs of construction paper that make this pretty easy.)  The child either rolls a die or draws a number, they then count out that many Legos of that color (again, it could be dinosaurs, blocks, marbles, etc... ) and place them on the paper that matches the color.