The Brunswick News dated October 18 2007 talks about how teacher Beth Oberg using learning games to teach her students maths using their imaginations.
An extract of the news:
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"It's not only arithmetic. Math is everyday life," she said. "And I do not want my children to be bored or afraid of it, so we play with it."
She decided to make her classes a big carnival of math games as a way for students to experience the subject in a fun way and reinforce their skills.
The idea of making learning fun has brought her legions of student fans for more than 21 years and helped her create Math Game Night, a festival of math games for students from pre-K to eighth grade.
On this night, held twice a year at the school, children bring their parents to play games that can tackle addition, division or probability.
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It is great to know of dedicated teachers that think of how best to educate. In a manner that allows the students to get the most out of learning. The news says "With the games, the kids don't realize how much math they are using because they think they're playing and not learning." That is truly awesome. To have fun and by the way be learning as well.
The good news is that Oberg's idea has become so popular among her colleagues that many have incorporated games into the math curriculum. Some have 25 games, others 30. As for her: After 21 years of teaching math, she has compiled 400 games from which to choose.
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