{"id":7409,"date":"2021-09-15T05:33:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T05:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/?p=7409"},"modified":"2021-09-15T05:43:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T05:43:43","slug":"why-should-kids-play-online-math-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blogs\/why-should-kids-play-online-math-games.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Should Kids Play Online Math Games?"},"content":{"rendered":"

No matter what their age, all kids hit a point where they just don\u2019t want to practice anymore.\u00a0 Flash cards become dull and worksheets just aren\u2019t doing the job anymore.\u00a0 But math doesn\u2019t have to be boring.\u00a0 By offering kids the opportunity to play math games<\/a>, you are giving them the chance to have fun and keep learning while they increase their math skills each time they play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How Do Math Games Help Kids to Build Math Skills?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Repetitive, Not Boring<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Oftentimes, kids get stuck in a worksheet rut at school, with flashcards making rote memorization dull and frequent completion of busywork sucks out the fun of learning new concepts.\u00a0 Sites that offer a wide variety of games in multiple subjects that help kids to reinforce their skills with different scenarios each time help kids to come back for more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Multiple Skills at Once<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Often online math games will help kids to reinforce their hand-eye coordination and their motor skills while still practicing the necessary skills to succeed at math.\u00a0 Real world examples might force them to use higher order thinking in order to arrive at the correct answer.\u00a0 Or, they may need to put multiple steps together in order to solve a word problem.\u00a0 Using logic to negotiate a plan in their brain enhances their building skills and makes them more equipped for the real world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visual & Auditory Memory<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When you play math games, some kids do better with auditory skills, but visual learners love to see the numbers.\u00a0 By playing games, you pull in the kinesthetic element of learning, reinforcing the facts in a variety of pathways to the brain.\u00a0 This enhances repetition and helps the child learn the concept faster.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Are Turtle Diary\u2019s Math Games the Best for My Kids?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Fun & Interactive<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Who can shy away from colorful graphics and exciting animations?\u00a0 Not many kids can resist the temptation to play an online game, so why not use it to your advantage by making what they play educational?\u00a0 From <\/span>Match the Analog Clock<\/span><\/a> to <\/span>Connect Count by 10<\/span><\/a>, students will be practicing and grasping necessary skills while they are cheered on by fun characters and exciting music and celebratory graphics for correct answers.\u00a0 One of our favorite multiplayer games is <\/span>Math Bingo<\/span><\/a>, where you race to cover your board of math facts by calculating the correct answers before your opponent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Free!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Free math games online are a parents\u2019 best friend, as your child can practice them from anywhere that has WiFi access.\u00a0 Pulling up Turtle Diary on a smartphone or tablet device will enable kids to practice on the go while having fun in the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Variety<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tons of math games for kids can be found right on the Turtle Diary website.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter what your skill level is or what grade you\u2019re in, there are tons of games that will help you to not only practice a variety of concepts, but also master them by playing different variations of the same concepts. For example, if your child is working on mastering <\/span>Mean<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Median<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Mode<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Range<\/span><\/a>, there are games for each particular topic, in addition to specific games that help you to calculate each one, like <\/span>Calculating the Median<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 With exciting music and celebratory graphics, your kids will be sure to come back again and again to Turtle Diary to practice…even if they think they\u2019re just having fun!<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever you\u2019re looking for in a math game, you\u2019ll find it right here at Turtle Diary.\u00a0 From an incredible variety for any grade level with awesome graphics and motivational elements to the ability to play anywhere you want, Turtle Diary will be your math games best friend.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No matter what their age, all kids hit a point where they just don\u2019t want to practice anymore.\u00a0 Flash cards become dull and worksheets just aren\u2019t doing the job anymore.\u00a0 But math doesn\u2019t have to be boring.\u00a0 By offering kids the opportunity to play math games, you are giving them the chance to have fun…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[168,89,51,52],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.turtlediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/math-games-online.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7409"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7415,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions\/7415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}