Mathematics
The following is a partial list of commercial games that help develop prerequisite math skills.
SIMON (promotes sequencing, following multi-step directions, visual and auditory memory)
OTHELLO (promotes pattern recognition, spatial orientation, visual clustering)
CONNECT FOUR (promotes pattern recognition, spatial orientation, visual clustering, geometrical patterns)
MASTER MIND (promotes sequencing, logical deduction, pattern recognition)RECKON (promotes number facts, estimation, basic operations)
CARD GAMES (visual clustering, pattern recognition, logical deduction)
HEX (pattern recognition)
STRATEGO (spatial orientation, logical deduction, graphing)
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Ask your child how to play the math game "Pico, Fermi, Bagel".
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4th Grade Math
In math, fourth graders have been finding the relationships between multiplication facts and division facts. Students have also been reading word problems, writing equations and using pictures to illustrate these concepts. Other skills being taught include estimating products and multiplying 2 and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.