1. (2) Roll two dice and find the product. Play against your child and see who has the higher product. 

3. (2) Flip cards and multiply a number. You can play, multiply 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.. You just flip a card and multiply. For example, if you flip a 9 and have the child multiply 3, they would say 27. 

1. 1. To challenge your child, they could draw two cards and multiply a number to it. For example, if the child drew a 4 and a 3, they would have 12. Then they could multiply 3 to it to make 36. 

   2. Another way to challenge your child is to keep multiplying a number onto the answer. For example, if the child drew a 2 and had to multiply 3, they would say 6. Then they could multiply 3 more to make 18, and so on.

5. (2) Hopscotch: They could practice dividing by writing numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc, and jump onto the numbers. Then the parent shouts a number such as 24. If the student landed on 6, they have to divide 24 and 6, which is 4.

7. (2) Play guess my number by thinking of a number and the child has to try and guess. They can ask questions such as "is it a double digit number, is it even," etc. The parent can then say higher or lower to help the student guess. 

9. Cup stacking: buy cups and stack the cups. Play against your child to see who can build the tallest cup stack. This reinforces the vocabulary word "tallest." To challenge them, ask students to count the number of cups they used versus the amount of cups you used. They can set up a fraction of how any cups per row.

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Multiplication Flash Cards:

Materials: Multiplication Flash Cards

Directions: Use good old fashioned flashcards. Hold one factor pair up at a time and ask your child to say the product. Hint: Show your child the side with the correct answers until they learn them, and then use the side without the answers.

Skip Counting:

Directions: Give your child a number and have them find its multiples up to x 12. Hint: This is perfect for driving in the car!

Multiplication with Dice: *Two Player Game

Materials: 2 Dice

Directions: Roll two dice and multiply the numbers. Whoever scores the highest after 3 rounds wins.

Multiplication War: *Two Player Game

Materials: 1 Deck of Playing Cards (with the face cards removed; ACES are included to play as 1's)

Directions: Divide the deck of cards equally among the players. Players each turn over 1 card at the same time. The first person to correctly identify the product (answer to the two numbers multiplied together) wins both cards. Piles of cards that were "won" can be turned back over and put aside, and the game can continue until all cards have been used. The winner is the player with the most cards after the game is over. This is a great game to play wand practice a variety of facts.

Tic-Tac-Toe with Multiples: *Two Player Game

Materials: List of math facts, paper, pencil

Directions: Draw a Tic-Tac-Toe board on your piece of paper - write multiples of a number in each section of the game board. Each player has to say the multiplication fact that equals the answer before they write X or O in the square. Game can also be played by writing a fact in each square and then having to say the answer before writing X or O in the square. You can print free boards here if you'd like: http://mathcoachscorner.blogspot.com/2013/12/multiples-tic-tac-toe-game.html. This is a great way to practice, because if you want to win you are forced to answer the sections to win!

Multiplication BINGO:

Materials: Flash Cards (multiples of a number - for example: all multiples of 5 like 5 x 2, 5 x 4, etc), paper, pencil, BINGO chips or something to cover the spots on the board

Directions: Draw a 9 square game board on your piece of paper and write the multiples of a number in each section of the game board. Turn over a flash card and cover the square with that answer. Play until someone has BINGO. This is a great way to practice, because the players have to listen to the fact and think about the answer to win.

Multiplication memory (Concentration):

Materials: Index Cards

Directions: Write the facts for a given multiple (ex. 5 x 6, 5 x 9, etc) on index cards and the answers to the facts on additional index cards. Turn the cards face down and place them in rows. Players turn over two cards and if they match they keep both cards and continue choosing cards. The winner is the player with the most card pairs. This game can be played with combined sets of memory cards (for example: multiples of 5 and 6 mixed).

1. Popsicle stick scavenger hunt. Hide popsicle sticks around the house with a skill your child should work on. For example, you can write an equation and when your child finds the popsicle stick, they have to solve it.

3. Make up a menu of items that costs money. Then tell your child they only have x amount of dollars to spend. This teaches about budgeting, money, and subtracting and adding. 

5. Teach students how to play sudoku. This can reinforce students' numbers, as well as teach patterns and problem solving.

7. Use twizzlers to create shapes. This reinforces shapes' attributes for the students. 

9. Cup stacking: buy cups and stack the cups. Play against your child to see who can build the tallest cup stack. This reinforces the vocabulary word "tallest." To challenge them, ask students to count the number of cups they used versus the amount of cups you used. They can set up a fraction of how any cups per row.

11. Create a bingo board with your child and then play it. This can help students practice solving an equation.