Posts Tagged: Math Games

Games for Transformation of Shapes in Geometry

If you don’t like where a shape is, then TRANSFORM IT! How do you learn to translate, reflect, rotate, or dilate a shape?   Better yet, how do you have FUN while learning about transformations??? You play these FREE math games that help students master the concepts!…

Super Secondary Manipulatives: Anglegs!

When I showed a set of Anglegs to a high school math department and everyone said, “What are those?” I knew I needed to blog about these amazing manipulatives! Anglegs come in six lengths of plastic that easily snap together to explore plane geometry. When you snap two Anglegs, of any length together, you can snap a special 4” protractor to explore angles.…

3 FREE Math Games: Multiplication, Exponents, High School Geometry

It’s January and it is TIME for AHA moments!! Make one of these games or one from our website and see what happens! To download all three of these free math games, simply join the Tabor Team (it’s FREE, too) and you’re set to go! Joining will also make sure you receive a new FREE math game every month!…

Why Learn Conversions???

  “The journey for an education starts with a childhood question.”     – David L. Finn As I played “Conversion Concentration” with a small group of students at the Games Station, one student asked the inevitable question about conversions, “Why do we have to learn this stuff?”…

Two FREE Games to Teach Exponents

Exponents are useful, applicable, mathematical, and sometimes downright annoying! I like the way BetterExplained.Com explains it. Numbers aren’t just a count; a better viewpoint is a position on a line. This position can be negative (-1), between other numbers (sqrt(2)), or in another dimension (i).   What does 3^10 mean to you?…

Simplifying Math Stations

Click here & join me for “Simplifying Math Stations” at Knowledgehook’s Conference for Teachers, Thursday, July 14, 3-4pm EST. Want to have a white copy? Click the title to download “Tabor Top Ten for Simplifying Math Stations” Why Math Stations? Like any good invention, the Tabor Rotation Framework came out of necessity.…

Homeschool Math Games

Hi, Home School Parents, Grandparents, Caregivers, & Students! Below are links to 8 FREE Homeschool Math Games for ALL Levels! Each game has an instructional YouTube video to help teach the mathematical concept and how to play the game. Complete directions can be downloaded from this website, glennatabor.com…

Math Games to Play at Home with a Deck of Cards

Want a few math games to play at home with a deck of cards? Using a deck of cards and a ten frame, your learner will be developing NUMBER SENSE FOR FIRST GRADE by playing TEN IS MY BEST FRIEND! Play this number sense game with your kindergarten or 1st grader and they will understand the number ten for the rest of their lives!…

FREE GAME for Learning Algebraic Expressions in Guided Math

I don’t remember Algebra being fun in school. I don’t remember any hands-on experiences for anything in Algebra–including expressions. So, when I began teaching Algebra I was determined to make it concrete-to-pictorial-to-abstract and, above all else, it was going to be FUN! One of the ways I do this is by incorporating roaches, flies, and ladybugs into my Algebra guided math lessons and into my Tabor Rotation math stations.…

Hands-On Expanded Form

  What is expanded form and how do we make the practice of expanded form hands on and engaging? Let’s start with the first question. Expanded Form is… …the writing of a number to show the value of each digit. …the sum of each digit multiplied by its place value.…