Addition Math Games for Kids | Four in a Row/Connect 4 | Games for Kids to Learn Addition

In this video we're going to look at another little maths game that will really help with that mental maths and that addition. We're really going to think about using games that are around the house that we can actually use. Now I have just made this little board, a little Connect 4 board based on the idea of the game Connect 4 where you drop the little coins and you get four in a row. This took me two minutes, I literally just made up a range of numbers and I wrote them down and the idea is that we use two dice, we throw the dice, we add those two numbers together, we colour it in and we aim to get four in a row, Connect 4. So again it's something that you can just make really, really quickly and that's you've got the stuff lying around the house but that's really meaningful and that can actually really help your child practice those little maths skills. Okay so Aaron, so what we're going to do is we've got two dice Now I've actually got one with numbers and one with dots just to keep that variety going for that number recognition and also that visual representation. So what you're going to do is you have to throw the two dice like this. Okay you have to see what two numbers you've got. So what two numbers did I have? Five and one. And we have to add those together so what is five and one? Six. You have to find the six on the board and then you colour it in in your colour. What colour are you going to be today? Blue. Blue and I'm going to be pink okay. So then you colour in a six and then you try to try and get four in a row okay. But it's not just as easy as getting four in a row, you have to get the right numbers okay. So would you like to go first? Okay so just let your child go first, let them have a wee go and see how they get on. Again this can be used for multiplication, it can be used for division, it can be used for subtraction. We're just going to use it for addition today. Okay what are you going to get? Let's see. Oh what two numbers? Four. Well you haven't got four, what have you got? Well what have you got on your dice? It doesn't say four, it says two plus which is the same as what? It's the same as four. Yeah it is two plus two equals four. So you have to find a four and colour it in. Is this the one you're going to go for? Okay that's one blue splodge for Aaron. Okay right Mummy's turn. Oh six and five. So I'm going to put six in my head and I'm going to count on five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. I think I'll have this eleven up here. Okay right your turn. Now make sure you're double checking Mummy's as well in case I make a mistake. Okay off you go. What have you got? It's five and four. Five and four. How are you going to do this? I know five plus five equals ten. Good. So five plus four must equal nine. Good boy, really good using your number facts. Well done. Okay so can you find a nine that's near the one you've just coloured in? Really encourage your child to use those number facts and use those known facts and it's great to see Aaron starting to put that into practice. That's what you really want to encourage and that's what you really want to focus on especially in little activities like this. So is there, what about there's a nine? That's near isn't it? Okay right it's Mummy's turn now. Let's see. Oh two plus three. Well I know I'm going to do the same as you. I know that three plus three must be six so two plus three must be five. Am I right? Yeah. Okay oh there's a five that's near my eleven. Okay right your turn. Oh seven. Oh six plus one, seven. Now I need to find a seven. That's close. Okay good. Okay Mummy's turn. Oh six and five. Well I know that six plus six is twelve so six plus five must be eleven. Is that right? Yeah. Oh another eleven. Oh that's no good. No good. No good because it's really far away isn't it? I wonder if I get eleven. Maybe you could get eleven. What have you got? Oh four and five. Are you going to work that out? Four plus five. I already got one of these which is a nine. Good so you already remembered that answer? Yeah. Well have you got another nine near you? But it isn't actually a near, it's a near nine of it. You see that was about that far and now it's the same far. But that might block Mummy mightn't it? Yeah. Okay right five plus one is six. So six. Here's a six. Oh no here's a six right beside my eleven. Now your turn. I hope I get an eleven. What two numbers would you need to get eleven? So that's, I know that four plus five equals nine. But that's not four plus five is it? What's that? Well I know that two plus three equals five. Four plus two must equal six. Is there a six near you? There's a six there. What about that one? What does that mean? I'm about to win. You're about to win. What do you need to win? Just need to get a ten. So how could you get a ten? What two numbers would you need to get a ten? Two numbers. On your dice? Six and four. Or? Or five and five. Or? Is there any other one? Four and five. Yeah. What about seven and three? Could you get seven and three? Could you on a dice? Is there a number seven on a dice? Think you could get seven and three? No. So again really just having that conversation with your child and really getting them to predict their scores as well. Taking that little step further. We're going to play on here and see if we can, one of us can get four in a row but I think Aaron's a wee bit closer than I am. But just another little fun game that you can make at home and that's really really interactive and really starts to practice those math skills and start those mathematical conversations.