Well I am  back with a quicky today.  Trying to help your child with math facts in a fun way - Go to a local store that sells Dungeons and Dragons stuff and pick up a couple of dice with more than 6 sides.  If you are practicing addition pick a number between 100 and 200. (I am trying to write this while watching the Gold women's hockey for the Olympics - not easy)  What you do is simply roll the two dice, and add them together.  You then add that to your running total.  Who ever reaches your predetermined number wins.  Example.  Johnny rolls a 8 and a 4, adds them together and gets 12.  One his next turn Johnny rolls 2 and 8 adds them together to get 10.  Johnny then adds the 10 to the 12 to get 22.  The players keep doing this until he or the other player reaches the predetermined number.

You can do the same thing, except with multiplication.  If you are doing multiplication choose a larger number, simply because it is faster to get to the predetermined number.  You are going to multiply the numbers on the dice, but then add that product to the running total. 

To take this idea on step further, start with a number like 150, roll your two dice, and subtract the sum of the two dice, from your running total.  It just makes the practice a little more fun.

We won - GOLD - Go Canada Go!!!!