The games in The Toymaker’s Mysterious Math Carnival were created to amuse and delight, but they can also provide children with opportunities to practice math concepts commonly introduced in grades K-3.

The paper toys that constitute the carnival are suitable for use in the classroom, for homeschooling, remedial practice, and afternoons of fun that just happen to have built-in ways to explore and practice mathematical concepts.

Each game meets a common core standard established by the states for the development of mathematical concepts and their practice, including the manipulation of real objects to promote mathematical understanding.

Marilyn Scott-Waters
www.thetoymaker.com

Supporting the National Math Standards

• Turtle Arcade – Operations on numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication.

• Animal Count – Counting and cardinality to 10.

• Grumpy Monkeys – Practice adding one digit numbers

• Counting Clown Fish – Practice adding two or more numbers, 1-10.

• Polygon Parade – Names of solid geometrical shapes, including tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron. Practice with operations on numbers 1-10.

• The Psychic Lion – Foundations for multiplication, with practice counting forward and backward by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s.

• The Picky Parrot – Visual fraction models, practice adding fractions. Understanding addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the
same whole.

• Multi-pies – Self-checking multiplication practice.

• The Ticket Booth - Practice matching numerals and coins, addition, matching sums with coins.

• Puppy Party Marbles – Addition practice, 1-10.

• The Dancing Clown and The Clever Person Award – Math is fun, and full of rewards you might not expect!