Toy Theater is a free website that offers a diverse range of online math games that help students visualize math concepts in an interactive, fun environment. It is fairly simple to use and includes games for measurement, probability, telling time, estimation, geometry etc. Every game is supplemented by a brief text instruction on how to play as well as the objective of the game.
For example, Inchworm is one example of a game that helps students grasp the concepts surrounding measurement and distance. The game involves a little inchworm and a realistically depicted ruler and the objective is for the worm to swing from balloon to balloon and travel as far as possible along the ruler.
Toy Theatre not only depicts math concepts such as measurement in a visually appealing, engaging way, but also incentivizes the students to play the game by incorporating sound effects when, for example, the inchworm travels far along the ruler. However, it is best for a teacher to orient themselves first around the website to direct the students and that learning can be thorough trial and error, skill drills, problem solving or creative free play, depending on the game that is chosen.
Online math game websites such as Toy Theatre are especially useful to have in your back pocket as a supply teacher, where the students can have fun but also practice important math concepts while doing it!
VeronikaL@NU
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