TOS Crew Review: Pyramath
The buzz on the Homeschool Crew Forum was unmistakable: You have to try this game, but beware, it can be addictive! In our house, however, our first game (between Grandma and myself) was slow and disappointing. Wondering what went wrong, I tried the game again, playing the Solitaire version this time… and that was it; I was hooked! And then I played with my 9-year-old, and he was hooked. And then my 6-year-old walked in, and he wanted to play, and he was hooked! As for Grandma, well she’ll admit math was never her favorite subject… but I have a feeling if she played a Solitaire game, she couldn’t help but be converted so we’ll keep working on her! Pyramath is fun! Pyramath is educational! Pyramath is math, but it’s just so unlike traditional math drills that it’s hard to believe!
Pyramath is a card game that will challenge your math skills, whether you are a 6-year-old just learning your math facts, or an adult who mastered her math facts years before. It can be played in a variety of ways: one player; two player; using only addition and/or subtraction for younger children; or using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for more advanced math students. There is even an on-line version where players compete to earn the high score for the month to win a free deck of cards.
Tired of nagging your children to practice those math facts? Flash cards send them running the other way? Then try pulling out the Pyramath cards!
Our favorite version starts with 7 cards and can be played with one or two players. Seven cards are laid out across the top. The first player draws a card and places it under two cards that can be added, subtracted, multiplied or divided to equal the number on the new card. If an addend, product, or dividend is double-digits, only the ones-place is used in playing the cards.
Confused? Here’s a video of a Pyramath game in action:
The makers of Pyramath, I See Cards, have a couple of other fun looking math games as well: Fractazmic for fractions and Prime Bomb for prime numbers, so be sure to take a few minutes to check out their website.
Now, I have some GREAT photos of the boys playing Pyramath, but it seems my camera’s memory card has taken it upon itself to move from its safe-keeping place, and so… the photos will have to wait until the card is found… but don’t you wait to check out Pyramath!
BECAUSE: right now, if you fan Pyramath on Facebook, you’ll be eligible for a discount on your order! The details are on their Facebook homepage.
