"Games are mostly math, and math is all games” Einstein said.

"If I had one hour to save the world; I would spend fifty-five minutes describing the problem and the remaining five minutes finding the solution.”

We decided to do this project that will improve the correct understanding of mathematics problems in primary school students. Within the scope of our project, we will integrate mind-intelligence games and traditional children's games into our mathematics lessons.

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Mind and Intelligence Games

The mind and intelligence games were very interesting.
The students enjoyed the pair and team challenges.

They were: sudoku, bingo, mangala and abacus, combined with the acquisition of mathematical skills!

SUDOKU

Sudoku is a game of logic and, like all logic games, it can be completely described by notions of logic; in this case the combinatorics apply.

BINGO

We have combined bingo games with the extraction of numbers broken down into tens and units or as a result of additions and subtractions. We also did the bingo game with times tables.

MANGALA &

ABACUS

Through playing with the abacus we repeated the place value of the digits.

Playing mangala was very nice; we discovered a new game and studied its rules.

How is games related to maths ?

Maths and games are profoundly related.

Moreover, games and maths can be taught in relation to English and other subjects.

Children use maths in order to accomplish tasks and what is more in English use terminology, eg. fractions, angles etc.

Therefore, games and maths can be implented in a CLIL method that combines more subjects in order for a foreign language to be taught and learned.

Traditional games

Combining traditional games with mathematical concepts was a winning idea.

Hopscotch, handkerchief grab, ball games.

They stimulated the pupils to learn multiplication tables, addition and subtraction and geometric figures.

HOPSCOTCH

HANDKERCHIEF GRAB

BALL GAMES

Web 2.0 Games

Ample space has been given to online games, much loved by children. This has facilitated the achievement of goals related to mathematics.
In other words, we can say that they facilitate learning by gamifying.
Apps like cram, wordwall and kahoot have been used to create games related to the math lessons taken.

We can use the games prepared with web 2.0 tools to make a fun introduction and check their preliminary information when moving to a new topic.

In addition, with the introduction of technology into the lesson, we will increase the participation and interest of your students in the lesson.

Wordwall is a gamification-based online assessment tool for creating different types of interactive tests such as multiple choice, matching, true-false, drag and drop.

With Wordwall, we have designed interactive works that will improve the processes of your students in a way that they will enjoy.