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Math Games and Computerized Software Programs
Home » Early Learning » Early Math » Math Games and Computerized Software ProgramsPosted by Your Guide on March 1, 2006 8:32 PM
Math games such as Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders use dice, colored squares, and a game board, which requires counting in order to advance, are among most preschooler’s early games. Even card games such as Old Maid and Crazy 8’s teach math skills while playing the game. More complicated games, such as Yahtzee, can be enjoyed by young children since, to them, the game is about rolling the dice and matching them with others that have the same number of spots.
Math games are great for preschoolers. Concepts like matching, grouping, counting are all skills pre-readers can enjoy. Skills build upon these basic concepts and numerals 0-9 are easy to learn. Math skills are easy to master, making them perfect for early learners.
Computerized math games in the preschool realm are often slower paced than later games will be, but are filled with all forms of positive reinforcement and almost no condemnation when the answer they have chosen is the wrong one.
Children’s educational software has an unwritten rule about positive reinforcement and the lack of negative responses for wrong answers. Preschool children, just like the rest of us, are encouraged by the happy sounds the computer makes when they choose the correct answer. And since the likelihood of their choosing an incorrect answer is very high at first, program designers do not want to give the children any negative responses so that they will continue to play the game.
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