Experiences

In the card games club

Anna Bańkowska

Poland

Primary school

Maths

Teaching in class

Direct

Didactic games are great teaching tool used in math classes. To make the course more attractive I applied the classic cards. I started the play by handing in 4 cards to every child. After disclosing the card each student had to add the numbers located on the back. The next task was to add numbers to each of the four cards arranged in two pairs, that is two-digit numbers. Then the children worked in pairs and created their variety of the game. For example, the winner is the one who composes the number providing the highest or lowest score. Another variation was the replacement of one card to another by lot or exchange with another group. Children developed the rules of games, the order of cards are dealt, determine the values for figures (queen, king, ace). We play cards very often to practice arithmetical skills instead of the classical questioning on counting in memory.