All the activities so far help get kids ready for school math. They all build a sense of what numbers are, and help kids learn to solve problems with numbers and patterns. Once kids get in school, they have to learn some “facts.” Addition facts. Subtraction facts. Times tables. They need to know these facts so they can do more things with fractions and decimals and per cents.
All of the card games above are good for learning school math. As well, you can teach your kids to play whatever you like to play—for example, crib or canasta or crazy eights or poker.
The activities on the next pages help with learning and remembering some of those number facts.