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What are the skills that pupils will learn from games? Give examplesto four of them. ( try to relate to your questions, teaching andlearning of Mathematics)1)Counting skills
The most basic and important Mathematics skill is counting. It is so important that, it is not only taught inMathematics class but also in other class such as English language class.Games such as Snake and Ladder, Ludo, Dominoes, Monopoly and “ Buzz”, require children to count. And sowith the Scrabble which requires children to count their scores. Counting skill is widely used in almost every topicof Mathematics.However, teaching children to count by playing games is more appropriate with young children
2)Matching and classifying skills (grouping, noticing properties, similarities)
These skills require children to:
Match the properties of shapes, colours and numbers for example while playing Dominoes
In Mathematics, students classify number according to their group. For example, in the odd and evennumbers in UNO game, children are asked to classify the card according to the number and colour. Alsothey learn to classify the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
In Dominoes, children learn numbers and image representations, as below:5 =With that it helps the children to develop their matching and classifying skills.
3)Fine motor skills
When playing board games such as Snake and Ladders, children are required to move playing pieces withoutknocking over other people’s playing pieces. Children can practice and refine their fine motor skills so that they areless clumsy. Learning Mathematics involve the manipulation of concrete materials such as beads, counters, pouringwater into containers (volume), drawing circles, measuring angles and etc. Doing these mathematical tasks can bevery awkward if the children’s fine motor skills are not well developed.While playing Jengga, children not only practice their fine motor skills, but they also learn balancing skills. Theylearn how to be very careful and keep the blocks balanced. In Mathematics the idea of ‘balance’ can be used toteach equations, left side of the equation must be balanced with the right side (abstract concept). The concept of
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