MathPLayGround

Hi everyone, I am going to Vizyon Koleji for my internship.  When I observed the teacher in practicum school, the teacher used a website for lesson.  I loved this website and I found something entertaining. So, I wanted to share with you. This website is “https://www.mathplayground.com” .

This website is helpful for mathematics teachers in middle schools and primary schools.  In the website, there are more than 425 instructional games which include a lot of mathematical topics for students from first grades to sixth grades. In addition to math games, logic puzzles, videos, math stories and brain workouts can be found in this website.  All of them are under the some headings which are:

·         Addition and Subtraction

·         Multiplication and Division

·         Fractions, Decimals and Percent

·         All Four Operations

·         Counting and Time

·         Money and General Math Knowledge

·         Geometry         

·         Ratios, Integers and Number Puzzles

·         Math in Real World

·         Logic Games and Puzzle

 They make easy finding the games about the topic you want.  You can choose game according to grade level or subject. 

Why I suggest this website to you?  As I mentioned before, most students especially in little grade students love the games. If we prefer instructional games in our lessons, we can gain the students’ attention easily. For this reason, we should enrich our lesson plans with such games. With the interactive whiteboard, our works get easy. Students can be more active in this lesson. They can play the instructional games which are highly visual and hands-on activities to enhance their mathematical reasoning and build essential problem solving skills. In these games, modeling for solving real life problems and illustrating the mathematical concepts lead to engage the students.

In my opinion, all of the teachers should explore ways to make math more accessible, attractive and meaningful for their students. I hope, my suggestion serves this purpose.