Mathematics Websites To Help Develop Math Skills

 

Important Notice!!

Please note that these are all commercial websites that may include ads and pop ups. None of theses sites are monitored by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Some activities will require Shockwave or other similar programs in order to run properly at home.

 

All grades:

Math Interactive Sites

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htm

Interactive games organized by topic and the site also shows whether a site has banner ads or pop-ups along with it. Activities for many grades.

 

Triple A Math

http://www.aaamath.com/

A huge variety of activities organized by grade level and topic.

 

Math Games

http://www.aplusmath.com/

Games and homework help for grades 2-5 in a variety of content areas.

 

Virtual Math Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_1.html

This site has many types of math manipulatives for children to explore with, including counting blocks and patterns.

 

AIMS Puzzle Corner

http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/index.html

The AIMS Puzzle Corner provides over 100 interesting puzzles that can help students learn to enjoy puzzles and the mathematics behind them. The puzzles are categorized by type, and within each category are listed in order of increasing difficulty. The puzzles have not been assigned a grade level appropriateness because the ability to do a puzzle varies by individual not grade level.

 

Kids Play Games- Math Games

http://www.playkidsgames.com/mathGames.htm

This site was designed by parents to be a child friendly educational game site. It has a variety of activities from counting skills through to multiplication and division.

 

Cool Math for Kids

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

This math games site has many types of activities including Lemonade Stand and Brain Benders. This site has activities in areas that other sites lack, such as geometry, fractals, fractions and decimals.

PreK to 1st grade

Count Us In

http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/
Multiple games for many skills designed to help children understand basic number concepts.

 

The Counting Story

http://www.magickeys.com/books/count/index.html
Web site developed to teach younger children how to count.

 

E-Manipulatives (K)

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/manip/mn_k.html

Houghton-Mifflin math website has manipulatives similar to what are used in schools.

 

Funschool: Fishing for Numbers
http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=12_match1k&t=j&w=620&h=360
This site uses a game format to aid in number recognition.

 

Learning Planet – Count Your Chickens

http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/cyc/index.asp

Web site that counts to 10

 

Learning Planet - Rats

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/ratslist1.asp

Web games with a true game format for colors, letters, shapes and numbers.

 

Primary Games

http://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/math.htm

Games and activities organized by grade level, which also provides a description of the subject area. Many of the activities are suitable for older children also.

 

2nd-3rd grade

Education 4 Kids- Money Skills

http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?page=18

Money activities to teach children about money and making change.

 

Money Drills

http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/money/money32.htm

Students place the correct coins in the piggy bank to make an exact amount.

 

Education 4 Kids- Time Skills

http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?page=13

Math activities using analog clocks to aid children in learning how to tell time and determine elapsed time.

 

4th-5th grade

Cyberchase for PBSKids

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html

Games and activities that involve math and science and a great variety of problem solving strategies. Some of the games may also be suitable for younger children.

 

Interactive Math Games

http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

Primarily multiplication games but other computational subjects as well.

 

Basketball Math Games

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/

Play basketball games with a whole list of math content areas.

 

Figure This

http://www.figurethis.org/index.html

Math challenges for families, is used mainly for early middle school but can be done by advanced intermediate students.

 

Create a Graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/index.asp

A site from the National Council for Educational Statistics, the student can input data to make many kinds of graphs. Also suitable for science fair data collection.