Welcome to Everyday Games: Our Homeschool Math and Language Arts Games Curriculum

Getting Started with Everyday Games: Our Homeschool Math and Language Arts Games Curriculum

Teresa Evans, a veteran classroom teacher in Australia, designed this Everyday Games homeschool language arts course as a fun and interesting way to teach math and phonics. Her math games can help elementary homeschool students improve without realizing they are really “doing math.” The reading games practice many skills, such as consonant blends, suffixes, prefixes, compound words, and much more. One of the best ways to encourage a student to learn is by helping them have fun, and Everyday Games do just that!

Overview

•   100+ games
•   Includes printable directions and materials
•   Grades 1st-4th

Supplies Needed

Printed game boards on SchoolhouseTeachers.com

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and selected game. Record chosen games on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Everyday Games: Our Homeschool Math and Language Arts Games Curriculum

To view a full sample of Everyday Games for Mathematics, click here.

To view a full sample of Everyday Games for Language Arts, click here.

Mathematics

Tic Tac Toe Addition Facts

A game for two players

• Use counters or O’s and X’s cards to play.
• Take turns to answer an addition fact.
• If you are correct, cover the square with a counter or a symbol card.
• The first player to make four in a row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally is the winner.

Try the Variation: The winner is the first player to make a square of four small squares.

Language Arts

Build a Word Game

A game for 2–4 players

Getting Ready
Lay the cards face down in the center.

Playing the Game

• The first player turns over the cards, a short card and a long card.
• The two cards are placed together to see if a word is made. If a word is made, the cards are taken and put beside the player, and the player has another turn.
• If a word has not been made, the cards are turned over and returned to their places, and the next player has a turn.
• Play until no cards remain or no words can be made with the remaining cards.
• The winner is the person with the most words at the end of the game.

Please Note: In some games, there may be cards left over that do not match as there may be different possible word combinations in the game.