Math Games & Activities from Around the World

My brother gave this as a gift to my twin 6yr olds and they love it. Though the book is recommended for 9+ kids, there are lots of games and activities much younger kids can play. Introduction to each game / activity describe the origin of the game in a way that we can imagine how people played the game long ago. Probably most games can be included in weekly themes of primary school class lessons. For now I let the kids work out the strategies themselves. Probably we will revisit the games / activities few years and analyze them mathematically. Also there is a lot of variety between games and activities compared to a "kids activity" book full of 100 mazes or 100 kidoku puzzles.

One of the goals of teaching math is for students to apply and synthesis what they are shown. These problem solving and critical thinking games are so much fun for the students that they want to create their own version of some of these games. A great resource for every classroom.