While I agree that games are more enticing to young students, parents and school teachers should not rely too heavily on it. As students progress up to P6 , Secondary School, JC, University, the "fun" factor will turn out to be the obstacle in learning.


If students find games with maths is fun, the students might lose their interests in studies when study become more of study instead of having fun and games along the way.

1 week of maths should not consist of more than 2 periods of "fun with maths". Educators should try to attract students’ attention and interest with fun games then turn it into passion slowly. By applying fun games into Maths, the learning speed of students tends to drop. Students should understand that it is important to solve the question rather than finishing the game.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/82210/enriching-learning-of-math-using-games-and-activitiesRSS for NodeTue, 12 May 2026 12:41:29 GMTMon, 06 Jul 2015 01:23:30 GMT60Friday - Logic Safari


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This book contains deductive reasoning puzzles set in interesting contexts. The child has to read each story to look for clues and use them to find solutions.

Suitable for Primary 1 and 2
Concepts - Logical thinking

This book is available at Amazon.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1482216https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1482216Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:38:49 GMTThursday - Frog Puzzle


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There are 3 frogs on the right and 3 frogs on the left. Each frog can stand on a lily pad and there is one empty lily pad between them. Try switching their positions. Each frog can only hop to the next empty lily pad or over one frog.

Suitable for all levels
Concepts: Sequential thinking and logical thinking

This app is available at App Store.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1481778https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1481778Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:47:55 GMTWednesday - Tap Towers


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This is actually the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. Move 3 discs from the left pole to the right pole while following these rules. You can only move one disc at a time. You cannot place a larger disc on top of a smaller disc. The puzzle becomes more challenging as the number of discs increases.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Sequential thinking and patterns

This app is available at App Store.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1481370https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1481370Wed, 25 Mar 2015 01:50:30 GMTTuesday - Water Jug


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How do you use 2 jugs, a 3-litre jug and a 5-litre jug, to measure 4 litres of water? This app contains 35 water jug puzzles at various levels of difficulties to sharpen your mathematical thinking.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Logical thinking

This app is available at app store.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1481089https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1481089Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:37:19 GMTMonday - True Lies


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A donkey is tied to an 8-foot rope, yet it is able to reach a cart of carrots 30 feet away. How is that possible? Interesting puzzles like this can be found in this book which encourages children to use logic to spot the flaws in the problems.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Logical thinking

This book is available at National Library and Amazon.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480738https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480738Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:56:01 GMTWeek 4

This week the focus is on logical thinking!
Monday - True Lies
Tuesday - Water Jug
Wednesday - Tap Towers
Thursday - Frog Puzzle
Friday - Logic Safari

Please try out these games and activities with your kids and give me feedback and comments.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480736https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480736Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:49:46 GMTFriday - ColorShapes


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The various colours and shapes form a repeated pattern which the player has to repeat several times as fast as possible. There are various levels of difficulties.

Suitable for all levels
Concepts: Patterns, and Shapes

Available on App Store

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1479589https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1479589Fri, 20 Mar 2015 00:23:31 GMTThursday - Tangram


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The classic tangram puzzles are available on this app to provide your child with lots of fun on using simple shapes to make different figures.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Shapes

This game is available at as an app on App Store.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478865https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478865Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:25:20 GMTWednesday - HiQU


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HiQU is a tangram puzzle that has only 4 pieces which can be arranged to form 100 different shapes. It provides endless hours of fun challenge for everyone.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Shapes

Available at http://www.kydzedu.com/

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478423https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478423Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:16:40 GMTTuesday - Origami for kids


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Make magic by transforming a square piece into different shapes and animals.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Shapes

http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-for-kids.html

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478019https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478019Tue, 17 Mar 2015 02:07:29 GMTMonday - Grandfather Tang's Story


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Grandfather Tang tells an enchanting story of two fox fairies that could transform into different characters as they try to outsmart each other.

Suitable for P1 and P2
Concept - Shapes

This book is available at Amazon.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1477584https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1477584Mon, 16 Mar 2015 04:49:39 GMTWeek 3

This week the focus is on shapes!
Monday - Grandfather Tang’s Story
Tuesday - Origami for Kids
Wednesday - HiQU
Thursday - Tangram HD
Friday - ColorShapes

Please try out these games and activities with your kids and give me feedback and comments.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1477580https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1477580Mon, 16 Mar 2015 04:43:31 GMTFriday - Adding Eggs


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Adding eggs is an app that allows children to add eggs by moving eggs from one tray to another tray. It is good for counting by tens.

Suitable for P1 and P2
Concept - Counting, addition

This game is available at as an app on App Store.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1476379https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1476379Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:55:29 GMTThursday - Checkers


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Checkers is a classic game where one attempts to capture all of the opponents' pieces. Each piece is moved diagonally and capture is done by moving over an opponent's piece diagonally.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Counting, directions, logical thinking and strategic thinking

This game is available at http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/game/checkers/ and as an app.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1475978https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1475978Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:41:26 GMTWednesday - Airlines Builder


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Dr Marbles is creating a new fleet of cyber spaceships and he needs your help building them! Use your knowledge of area and perimeter to make the more advanced spaceships!

Suitable for P3 and P4
Concept - Area and Perimeter

This game is available at http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-game ... s-builder/

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1475622https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1475622Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:02:05 GMTTuesday - Hey! That's my fish!


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As a penguin, you have to fight it out with other penguins by capturing as many fish as you can. Make strategic moves by capturing the greatest territory possible.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Counting, Multiplication, Strategic Thinking

This game is available as a board game (Amazon) and as an app (App Store).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1475103https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1475103Tue, 10 Mar 2015 03:18:19 GMTMonday - How Much is a Million?


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What happens when one million children stand on one another's shoulders? How big is a bowl that contains one million goldfish? How many pages in a book would contain one million stars? Answers are found in the book that explains big numbers like million, billion and trillion in interesting ways.

Suitable for Primary 5 and 6
Concept - Whole Numbers
Suggested activity
Come up with more examples of a million of something and try to figure out what it means.

This book is available at National Library.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1474407https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1474407Sun, 08 Mar 2015 17:27:10 GMTWeek 2

Monday - How much is a Million?
Tuesday - Hey! That’s my fish!
Wednesday - Airlines Builder
Thursday - Checkers
Friday - Adding Eggs

Please try out these games and activities with your kids and give me feedback and comments.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1474405https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1474405Sun, 08 Mar 2015 17:13:55 GMTFriday - Jenga


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Jenga is a dexterity game which requires children to stack up blocks. The game ends when the tower topples. As the blocks are arranged in groups of 3, this game can be extended into an exercise on multiplying and dividing by 3.

Suitable for all levels
Concept - Counting, multiplication and division

Jenga is available at amazon.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1473312https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1473312Thu, 05 Mar 2015 17:41:55 GMTThursday - Tony's Pizza Fraction Shop


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In this Pizza Shop, you have fill customers' orders by making pizzas using different ingredients. For example, a super large pizza has 16 slices and you have to put cheese on half, pepperoni on a quarter and mushrooms on a quarter of the pizza. How many slices for each ingredient?

Suitable for Primary 3 and 4
Concept - Fraction (Part-whole and equivalent)

This card game is available at http://mrnussbaum.com/pizza_game/ or as an app.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472596https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472596Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:07:58 GMTWednesday - Blink


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Blink is a simple 2-player card game of card matching according to their common characteristics such as colours, shapes and quantities. It is a short and quick game which is fun for young children.

Suitable for Primary 1 and 2
Concept - Counting and shapes

This card game is available at Amazon.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1471857https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1471857Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:52:03 GMTTuesday - Hungry Fish


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This is an educational app that teaches part-whole concept in numbers. The fish is hungry, it needs food! However, it is very fussy. You need to feed it with the right food. If it is looking for '5' food, you can combine '2' and '3' to make the '5' food. It will not eat food with other numbers.

Suitable for Primary 1 and 2
Concept - Number Bonds, Addition and Subtraction

This app is available for download to App Store and Google Play.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1471444https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1471444Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:24:33 GMTMonday - One Hundred Hungry Ants


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This is a very adorable children's book that brings the concept of factors to life. 100 ants are looking for food. They march in one row of 100, two rows of 50, 4 rows of 25, 5 rows of 20 and 10 rows of 10. Did they manage to find what they were looking for? Read on to find out.

Suitable for Primary 3 and 4
Concept - Multiplication, Factors
Suggested activity
Read the book aloud together. Get 100 counters to reenact the story. Have fun!

This book is available at National Library.

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