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Hello all,

I am currently teaching math/science in a multi-age gifted classroom, and I was wondering if any of you have ideas for independent study in elementary math....the kids are all working at different levels out of different resources, and I need something engaging for others to work on while I work with smaller groups on certain days.

Does anyone have ideas they might have used with their own children? If you have something written up, all the better!!

Computer disks and games

Mindware.com workbooks, print out sample pages

domino games

math board games

card games - war, higher number wins

leapfrog activity boards and videos

Muderous Math books

Math potatoes : more mind-stretching brain food
Tang, Greg. (He has a whole series at different levels in Math)

also look at books for teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom

logic puzzles such as mindbenders and the math-benders (not the name but same princple just math). We love SET online but you can use the cards also.

These two sites assume you have computers available for the kids -
Kids Web Sites - has math and other interactive games.
Probability Games


These games use regular packs of cards and/or dice:
At Home Math Games

Good luck!