Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] multiples games
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In a message dated 8/2/2002 10:26:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
A page of 100 numbers, ten rows of ten numbers in each row -- a "Hundreds
Chart" as they're usually called -- is nice to just have around <G>. Make
some copies so you have one to pull out and play with when something just
comes up.
One fun thing to do (if it isn't fun - don't do it) is to draw a simple
pattern in all the squares where the number is a multiple of two - draw an X
across the square, for example. Then - draw a different pattern, with a
different color, in all the squares where the number is a multiple of three.
Then a different one for multiples of four -- and so on. Make the patterns
simple and use different colors -- as you're doing it - it is interesting to
see how some numbers are "special" -- they start looking much more fancy than
others -- the number twelve, for example, gets the patterns for two, three,
four, AND six. It is really kind of a cool thing - and kid sometimes want to
do it over and over - with different colors and patterns. Again - this isn't
an "assignment - done to "teach" them the multiples -- it is a game.
Also - play "Buzz" --- we play in the car. If you're doing "threes" you play
like this:
First person says: 1
Second person says: 2
First person says: BUZZ
Second person says: 4
First person says: 5
Second person says: BUZZ
First person: 7
Second person: 8
First Person: BUZZ
If you have more people you'll find some interesting things -- for example,
if you have three people, doing "threes" is boring since the same person just
says BUZZ every time. That is enlightening - itself, but doesn't make for a
fun game, so the kids will figure out to avoid doing numbers that don't work
well for whatever number of people they have playing.
Then - you can make the game WAY more complicated.
Do two sets of multiples at once when you play: "BIZZ BUZZ".
Example -- 5 people playing twos are BIZZ and threes are BUZZ:
Person 1: 1
Person 2: BIZZ
Person 3: BUZZ
Person 4: BIZZ
Person 5: 5
Person 1: BIZZ BUZZ
Person 2: 7
Person 3: BIZZ
Person 4: BUZZ
Person 5: BIZZ
and so on.
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> My kids figured out multiplication by "skip counting" and goofing aroundMy kids learned multiplication facts by playing games too, I guess.
> with
> pennies and stuff, and by me giving them a blank multiplication table for
> them to fill in if they wanted to, as a puzzle. I didn't give them
> terminology or time limits or reasons. It was fun for its own sake. And
> they discovered the cool patterns of fives and nines and twos and threes
> all
> on their own.
A page of 100 numbers, ten rows of ten numbers in each row -- a "Hundreds
Chart" as they're usually called -- is nice to just have around <G>. Make
some copies so you have one to pull out and play with when something just
comes up.
One fun thing to do (if it isn't fun - don't do it) is to draw a simple
pattern in all the squares where the number is a multiple of two - draw an X
across the square, for example. Then - draw a different pattern, with a
different color, in all the squares where the number is a multiple of three.
Then a different one for multiples of four -- and so on. Make the patterns
simple and use different colors -- as you're doing it - it is interesting to
see how some numbers are "special" -- they start looking much more fancy than
others -- the number twelve, for example, gets the patterns for two, three,
four, AND six. It is really kind of a cool thing - and kid sometimes want to
do it over and over - with different colors and patterns. Again - this isn't
an "assignment - done to "teach" them the multiples -- it is a game.
Also - play "Buzz" --- we play in the car. If you're doing "threes" you play
like this:
First person says: 1
Second person says: 2
First person says: BUZZ
Second person says: 4
First person says: 5
Second person says: BUZZ
First person: 7
Second person: 8
First Person: BUZZ
If you have more people you'll find some interesting things -- for example,
if you have three people, doing "threes" is boring since the same person just
says BUZZ every time. That is enlightening - itself, but doesn't make for a
fun game, so the kids will figure out to avoid doing numbers that don't work
well for whatever number of people they have playing.
Then - you can make the game WAY more complicated.
Do two sets of multiples at once when you play: "BIZZ BUZZ".
Example -- 5 people playing twos are BIZZ and threes are BUZZ:
Person 1: 1
Person 2: BIZZ
Person 3: BUZZ
Person 4: BIZZ
Person 5: 5
Person 1: BIZZ BUZZ
Person 2: 7
Person 3: BIZZ
Person 4: BUZZ
Person 5: BIZZ
and so on.
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
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zenmomma *
>>Then - you can make the game WAY more complicated.Do two sets of multiples at once when you play: "BIZZ BUZZ".>>
Oh wow. I remember playing this game in college. Of course, I do believe
there was beer involved in that version. <g> I like the idea of playing it
with the kids, minus the beer of course. Thanks, Pam.
Life is good.
~Mary
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Our 5 y.o. wants me to help her make a quilt with the
spirolateral patterns done that way....
spirolateral patterns done that way....
----- Original Message -----
From: <PSoroosh@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] multiples games
| In a message dated 8/2/2002 10:26:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
| SandraDodd@... writes:
|
|
| > My kids figured out multiplication by "skip counting" and
goofing around
| > with
| > pennies and stuff, and by me giving them a blank
multiplication table for
| > them to fill in if they wanted to, as a puzzle. I didn't
give them
| > terminology or time limits or reasons. It was fun for its
own sake. And
| > they discovered the cool patterns of fives and nines and twos
and threes
| > all
| > on their own.
|
|
| My kids learned multiplication facts by playing games too, I
guess.
|
| A page of 100 numbers, ten rows of ten numbers in each row -- a
"Hundreds
| Chart" as they're usually called -- is nice to just have around
<G>. Make
| some copies so you have one to pull out and play with when
something just
| comes up.
|
| One fun thing to do (if it isn't fun - don't do it) is to draw
a simple
| pattern in all the squares where the number is a multiple of
two - draw an X
| across the square, for example. Then - draw a different
pattern, with a
| different color, in all the squares where the number is a
multiple of three.
| Then a different one for multiples of four -- and so on. Make
the patterns
| simple and use different colors -- as you're doing it - it is
interesting to
| see how some numbers are "special" -- they start looking much
more fancy than
| others -- the number twelve, for example, gets the patterns for
two, three,
| four, AND six. It is really kind of a cool thing - and kid
sometimes want to
| do it over and over - with different colors and patterns.
Again - this isn't
| an "assignment - done to "teach" them the multiples -- it is a
game.
|
| Also - play "Buzz" --- we play in the car. If you're doing
"threes" you play
| like this:
| First person says: 1
| Second person says: 2
| First person says: BUZZ
| Second person says: 4
| First person says: 5
| Second person says: BUZZ
| First person: 7
| Second person: 8
| First Person: BUZZ
|
| If you have more people you'll find some interesting things --
for example,
| if you have three people, doing "threes" is boring since the
same person just
| says BUZZ every time. That is enlightening - itself, but
doesn't make for a
| fun game, so the kids will figure out to avoid doing numbers
that don't work
| well for whatever number of people they have playing.
|
| Then - you can make the game WAY more complicated.
| Do two sets of multiples at once when you play: "BIZZ BUZZ".
|
| Example -- 5 people playing twos are BIZZ and threes are BUZZ:
| Person 1: 1
| Person 2: BIZZ
| Person 3: BUZZ
| Person 4: BIZZ
| Person 5: 5
| Person 1: BIZZ BUZZ
| Person 2: 7
| Person 3: BIZZ
| Person 4: BUZZ
| Person 5: BIZZ
|
| and so on.
|
| National Home Education Network
| http://www.NHEN.org
| Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
|
|
| [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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In a message dated 8/2/2002 3:45:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
dcannon@... writes:
today!!!! How cool is that? And how did I miss it - considering that I've
been obsessively reading math stuff for years and years? Slipped by me
somehow, though.
I'll copy the description from the book I was reading, here. I had to do it-
couldn't visualize what they'd look like.
1. You can make spirals with multiplication tables called spirolaterals. It
helps to have graph paper, but if you are careful with a ruler and a pencil,
that will work too. Choose a multiplication table.
2. As an example, suppose you chose the six times table. ( 6 12 18 24 30 36
42 48)
Add up the digits in each number - If you get a two-digit number, keep adding
those digits together until you get a one-digit number. (6 3 9 6 3 9 6 3)
See the pattern?
3. Draw the first line 6 squares (or inches or centimeters or whatever) long
then make a right-angled turn and draw a line of length 3 squares. Turn in
the same direction again and draw line with length of 9 squares. Keep
following this pattern until the lines begin to retrace themselves. You can
color in the patterns with different colors.
4. Try other times tables to make other spirolaterals.
--pamS
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
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dcannon@... writes:
> Our 5 y.o. wants me to help her make a quilt with theHA - "spirolateral" is a word I just learned YESTERDAY and now you USED it
> spirolateral patterns done that way....
today!!!! How cool is that? And how did I miss it - considering that I've
been obsessively reading math stuff for years and years? Slipped by me
somehow, though.
I'll copy the description from the book I was reading, here. I had to do it-
couldn't visualize what they'd look like.
1. You can make spirals with multiplication tables called spirolaterals. It
helps to have graph paper, but if you are careful with a ruler and a pencil,
that will work too. Choose a multiplication table.
2. As an example, suppose you chose the six times table. ( 6 12 18 24 30 36
42 48)
Add up the digits in each number - If you get a two-digit number, keep adding
those digits together until you get a one-digit number. (6 3 9 6 3 9 6 3)
See the pattern?
3. Draw the first line 6 squares (or inches or centimeters or whatever) long
then make a right-angled turn and draw a line of length 3 squares. Turn in
the same direction again and draw line with length of 9 squares. Keep
following this pattern until the lines begin to retrace themselves. You can
color in the patterns with different colors.
4. Try other times tables to make other spirolaterals.
--pamS
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
"Spirolateral" was a gift from my father the year I got a
spirograph kit for Christmas - the spirolaterals were arithmetic;
the curves of a spirograph were calculus, done mechanically, and
proof that it was all mechanical/real world was found in the
curves of a nautilus shell. How cool is that?
spirograph kit for Christmas - the spirolaterals were arithmetic;
the curves of a spirograph were calculus, done mechanically, and
proof that it was all mechanical/real world was found in the
curves of a nautilus shell. How cool is that?
----- Original Message -----
From: <PSoroosh@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] multiples games
| In a message dated 8/2/2002 3:45:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
| dcannon@... writes:
|
|
| > Our 5 y.o. wants me to help her make a quilt with the
| > spirolateral patterns done that way....
|
| HA - "spirolateral" is a word I just learned YESTERDAY and now
you USED it
| today!!!! How cool is that? And how did I miss it - considering
that I've
| been obsessively reading math stuff for years and years?
Slipped by me
| somehow, though.
|
| I'll copy the description from the book I was reading, here. I
had to do it-
| couldn't visualize what they'd look like.
|
| 1. You can make spirals with multiplication tables called
spirolaterals. It
| helps to have graph paper, but if you are careful with a ruler
and a pencil,
| that will work too. Choose a multiplication table.
|
| 2. As an example, suppose you chose the six times table. ( 6 12
18 24 30 36
| 42 48)
| Add up the digits in each number - If you get a two-digit
number, keep adding
| those digits together until you get a one-digit number. (6 3 9
6 3 9 6 3)
| See the pattern?
|
| 3. Draw the first line 6 squares (or inches or centimeters or
whatever) long
| then make a right-angled turn and draw a line of length 3
squares. Turn in
| the same direction again and draw line with length of 9
squares. Keep
| following this pattern until the lines begin to retrace
themselves. You can
| color in the patterns with different colors.
|
| 4. Try other times tables to make other spirolaterals.
|
| --pamS
| National Home Education Network
| http://www.NHEN.org
| Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
|
|
| [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
|
|
| If you have questions, concerns or problems with this list,
please email the Moderator, Joyce Fetteroll, at
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