It is a great way to get kids engaged on a project – not the monotony of flashcards. Play this flashcard game again and see how much bigger the stack of saved lives is!įeel free to move the cards quicker towards the edge of the table to make it more exciting. Let’s review the answer so you remember next time!” Say things like, “ Okay, we need to be able to save this card next time. Praise your kid for all the lives he/she saved and then go through the picked-up stack of cards. Take the next card and continue with the game until you’ve worked through the whole deck.Īt the end of the game, have your child ( not you!) pick up all the cards on the floor. ****At this point, you may decide to offer your kid one more chance to “bring the card back to life” and give the correct answer. If your child can’t come up with an answer, just let the card fall off the edge of the table nearest to you. If he/she answers incorrectly, throw the card off the table and sadly say, “ Well, that card didn’t make it.” Say this in a way that is meant to be silly and light-hearted. If your kid says the correct answer, slam the card to the table and say, “ You saved him!” 5. Tell your kid that to save the life of this flashcard they need to say the right answer FIRST. Then slowly (as quickly or slowly as you like) start to move the card towards yourself.
Shuffle the deck of cards and take the top card off the deck and stand it up on the table close to your child. This is by far my kids’ favorite game! How to Play: 1. Your kid is now fully warmed up, much more confident, and ready to enjoy some flashcard games! 2. Now you can help them reason to the answer or review the concept/math fact completely – no judgement, no rushing, no frustration.This will leave behind the ones that they’re not sure about or don’t know at all.Their confidence will grow as they quickly pick up the “easy” ones. Your kid will likely find all the cards that they already know well.This is why this simple warm-up will be a game-changer for your kid: Then your child picks up each card and answers it until they have “cleared the table” of flashcards. We always play this game first because it is an excellent way for your kid to warm up and work through some of the harder facts.Īll you do is lay out all of the flashcards – face up – in front of your child. “Clear the Table” Flashcard Game (Warm-Up) Introducing too many new facts at one time?Īre you making these easily fixable mistakes?īe sure to check out: “ How to Make Flashcards Fun for Kids” for my top 10 tips to avoid these pitfalls. Is your attitude positive and energetic? Or rushed and bored? No, I’m not kidding! How to Get the Most Out of Your Flashcard Gamesīefore I share the games with you, I want to quickly caution you about something.įlashcard games can make things really fun for your kid…but it’s not going to help if you are making critical mistakes.Īre your sessions too long? Or too often?ĭo you show even slight frustration with your child when they forget facts? It will make flashcards the brightest spot in your homeschool day! I learned how to play flashcard games with my kid that she actually enjoyed and it made all the difference.īelow you will find our flashcard warm-up game (essential!) and 5 more flashcard games that I personally designed. I was actually tempted to quit homeschooling that first year because I was just so fed up with trying to teach these mundane, but foundational math facts. My kid hated it, but not as much as I did! The next year we started homeschooling her for 1st grade, and yes there were flashcards for math facts.
She was miserable, but I was determined to have her learn this crucial information. I still shudder when I think about drilling my kindergartener with sight word flashcards that had been sent home from school. Please note that these cards are not double-sided.Going through flashcards can be a real nightmare for parent and child. Played like the classic war card game, in which the card with the highest product wins the hand. Practices simple single- and double-digit addition The four basic operation sets are different colors, so you can combine sets (suppose you want to practice both addition and subtraction) and then easily re-separate. Each set includes 86 double-sided flashcards. These flashcards would have been a real help back then. When he was younger, one of my brother's favorite games used to be "plus or minus", in which I'd have to come up with an addition or subtraction problem for him to answer off the top of my head.
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