NLVM Virtual
Math
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Harcourt Math Games1| Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Games |2 | Create a Graph | Tumblebooks | Kids Numbers* | Multiplication.com
Funbrain* | Invention at Play | Classbrain* | Quia* | Funschool* | Growing with Technology | aplusmath | Sheppard Software Games 3
Towers of Hanoi (Grades 2-5) Move a stack of rings from largest to smallest. Hint: start with 3 disks.
Tangrams (Grades 1-5) Use Tangrams to fill geometric shapes.
Color Patterns (Grades 1-5)Complete the color patterns.
Circle 21 (Grades 2-5) Place three numbers inside each circle that add up to 21.
1-15 Puzzle (Grades 3-5) Arrange the puzzle tiles in order.
Circle 0 (Grades 3-5) Place positive and negative integers inside each circle whose sum is 0.
Diffy (Grades 1-5) Fill in the blanks with differences to complete the pattern. Hint: press ENTER after typing a number.
Attribute Blocks (Grades K-5) Sort blocks by color, shape or size.
Attribute Trains (Grades K-5) Complete the number, color or shape pattern.
Fantastic Contraption (Click Continue at Firewall; wait 30 seconds for ad to finish)
Funbrain Sudoku: Play easy and hard puzzles online
2nd Grade: Time and Money
Single Digit Beat the Clock Addition: two levels of play challenge let you practice your addition skills. (grades 1-3)
Two and Three Digit Beat the Clock Addition: two levels of play. (Grades 2-5)
Beat the Clock Subtraction: how many subtraction problems can you solve in one minute?
Beat the Clock Multiplication: challenge yourself to solve as many math problems as you can in one-minute or less. (grades 3+)
Beat the Clock Division: test your skills with single or double-digit divisors. (grades 4+)
Deduction: practice your deduction skills with this challenging logic game. (grades 4+)
Tangrams: this inventive, open source flash activity by Andrew Lankin provides many tangram puzzles to solve. This is the best tangram game I found. (grades 1+).
Magic Square: you will be challenged to solve several magic square puzzles.(grades 3+)
My Random Machine: this is a teacher-directed activity that has you explore the concept of random numbers. (grades 3-4)
Apple Word Catch: catch the apples with words on them and avoid those without. This is a customized game based on the common word list for Rancho students going into the first grade. Game runs about 5 minutes.(grade K-1) If this game is too fast, try this version.
Apple Numbers and Colors Catch: catch the apples with words on them and avoid those without. This is a customized game based on the common word list for Rancho students going into the first grade. Game time is about 5 minutes. (grade K-1)
Sound Memory Game: How long can you play this game until you cannot repeat the order of the chirping birds? (grades K-2)
Rancho Online Puzzles
Playtime: easy | medium | difficult | challenge | oh no!
Mosaic Madness: easy | medium | difficult | challenge | oh no!
Sketchpad: sketch you drawing online and then print if you want. Save your drawing and watch it play back with the click of a mouse.
Pegs: Jump over pegs and try to leave just one peg in this game of strategy and planning.
Deliville: Ever wonder what your neighborhood would be like if all the streets were named after deli foods? You probably have not, but here is your chance to find out where you might live in Deliville. Move the red pin to where your home is on the map and then slide the fader to show your street name in Deliville. If your house isn't on the map, just choose any place.
Teachers: go to the teacher's guide for a lesson plan and supporting materials.
Put together the Big 6 jigsaw puzzle: put this puzzle together to help become familiar with the Big 6 research method. 167k (all ages) Try also the timed version.
Big 6 Quiz: students will learn about the big 6 by completing this challenging online quiz. Let them take it a few times if necessary to get all question correct. (grades 3-5)
*Games written by or adapted by Matt Graham, Rancho Romero Technology Specialist.
1 To use all of the Harcourt games, you will need to log in to their activities site. When asked to enter an author's name as a password, type "johnson". For some of the games, you will need the Shockwave Player. On a PC, Shockwave Player should self-install.
2 This is the National Library of Virtual Mathematics. These are java games organized by grade level and math standards. This is an outstanding site that includes integrated lessons and instructions. Games include virtual geoboards, pentominoes, bar charts, base blocks, pattern blocks and other virtual manipulatives. Windows XP users may need to install the free, Java Virtual Machine.
3 Site features Social Studies, Science and Vocabulary games using Flash. This site includes an excellent USA geography game. Many games have several levels of difficulty from which to choose.
4 Site requires class setup for logins and passwords. Available 8:00 AM to 3:15 PM only. After school hours require subscription.
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This learning games page is designed to help meet the needs for basic school software at a great price-- free. Having our own page provides us with several benefits. First of all, there are no distracting ads or pop-ups. The games are in one place, easily accessible from our web page with one click. We can collect games that are applicable to our students. The games are short and organized to be easily integrated into Math or Language Arts centers. Most importantly, we can customize existing games or develop new games from scratch that meet the special needs of our students.