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Summer Support: Kentucky Family Math Games

Published: 9/10/2025 10:06 AM

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The Kentucky Family Math Games webpage is a collection of simple yet engaging games families can play over and over again at home to build mathematical thinking. To help families know which games may be more appropriate for their aged child, they are organized by grade level bands.

Geometry

Activity 1a: Fill the Shapes - Grades K-1

Fill the Shapes Game Instructions

Fill the Shapes Game Instructions in Spanish

Fill the Shapes Game Digital Version

Activity 1b: Hexagon Challenge - Grades 2-3

Hexagon Challenge Game Instructions

Hexagon Challenge Game Instructions in Spanish

Hexagon Challenge Game Digital Version

Activity 1c: Symmetric Mosaics - Grades 4-5

Student in glasses looks down at yellow pattern blocks arranged on a desk in a classroom.

Symmetric Mosaics Game Instructions

Symmetric Mosaics Game Instructions in Spanish

Symmetric Mosaics Game Digital Version

Activity 1d: Partitioning - Grades 2-3

Teacher points to a paper while helping a boy with glasses at a cafeteria table, as another student works nearby.

Partitioning Game Instructions

Partitioning Game Instructions in Spanish

Partitioning Game Digital Version

Activity 1e: Battleship - Grade 5

Two students sit across from each other playing a math grid game with folders standing up as dividers.

Battleship Games Instructions

Battleship Games Instructions in Spanish

Battleship Games Digital Version

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Activity 2a: Flip the Card Game - Grades K-1

Young boy rolls dice while sitting at a table with number cards, as two adults watch and guide him in a classroom.

Flip the Card Game Instructions

Flip the Card Game Instructions in Spanish

Flip the Card Game Digital Version

See a video of Flip the Card in action

Activity 2b: Many Ways of Counting - Grades 2-3

Young girl in a pink shirt works on math worksheets with colorful pictures at a table in a gym.

Many Ways of Counting Game Instructions

Many Ways of Counting Game Instructions in Spanish

Many Ways of Counting Game Digital Version

See a video of Many Ways of Counting in action

Activity 2c: Game of 24 - Grades 4-5

Boy in a red hoodie arranges yellow number cards on a table while an adult and other children watch.

Game of 24 Instructions

Game of 24 Instructions in Spanish

Game of 24 Digital Version

Numbers in Base Ten

Activity 3a: Race to 100 - Grades K-1

Two boys use blue and orange math blocks at a classroom table with dice and worksheets.

Race to 100 Game Instructions

Race to 100 Game Instructions in Spanish

Race to 100 Game Digital Version

Activity 3b: Broken Calculator - Grades 2-3

Boy uses a calculator while sitting at a table with pencils and paper, as a woman watches and smiles.

Broken Calculator Game Instructions

Broken Calculator Game Instructions in Spanish

Broken Calculator Game Digital Version

Activity 3c: Dinner Time - Grades 4-5

Dinner Time Game Instructions

Dinner Time Game Instructions in Spanish

Dinner Time Game Digital Version

Activity 3d: Multiplication Card Game - Grades 4-5

Multiplication Card Game Instructions

Multiplication Card Game Instructions in Spanish

Multiplication Card Game Digital Version

See a video of Multiplication Card Game in action

No Bake Playdough

Activity 4a: No Bake Playdough - Grades K-2

Man helps a young boy scoop flour into a container during a no-bake playdough activity in a gym.

No Bake Playdough Grades K-2 Game Instructions

No Bake Playdough Grades K-2 Game Instructions in Spanish

No Bake Playdough Grades K-2 Game Digital Version

Activity 4b: No Bake Playdough - Grades 3-5

No Bake Playdough Grades 3-5 Game Instructions

No Bake Playdough Grades 3-5 Game Instructions in Spanish

No Bake Playdough Grades 3-5 Game Digital Version

Activity 4c: How Many of Me? - Grades K-5

How Many of Me? Game Instructions

How Many of Me? Game Instructions in Spanish

How Many of Me? Game Digital Version

Please e-mail the mathematics team with any questions.