3 Multiplication Games Your Students Will Love


Hey friends!  As we all know, multiplication is HUGE in 3rd grade!
After teaching what multiplication is and all the different ways to multiply...we turn to memorizing those facts.  Because let's face it, students have to know their multiplication facts as they start to learn more complex math skills!
Multiplication games every student will love in your classroom!
Here are 3 multiplication games that my students LOVE!  It's their favorite part of the day!


Multiplication Spoons

Help your students learn their multiplication facts by playing Spoons!
How to play:
Have 1 less number of spoons as players in the middle.
Deal 4 cards to each person.
Everyone discards 1 card to the left simultaneously.
Everyone picks up a new card and continues to discard it to the left.
The first person to have 4 cards that match, picks up a spoon.
Following this, all the players need to do the same.  The person without a spoon is "out"
However, I don't like to have students "out" in games because then they disengage!
So the out players get to help another player!

Multiplication Headbands

Help your students learn their multiplication facts by playing Headbands!
How to play:
Player 1 puts on a headband and places the cards in the band.
Player 2 calls out a multiplication fact that matches the number on the card.
If Player 1 answers correctly, the card is removed and the game continues.
If Player 1 answers incorrectly, Player 2 gives another fact or helps Player 1 solve the problem.
After going through all the cards, the players switch roles.

Kaboom

Easy to make multiplication game with popsicle sticks and a marker!
How to play:
The first student pulls out a popsicle stick and solves the problem.
If correct, the student keeps the stick.  If incorrect, it goes back to the jar.
Students continue around the circle.
If a Kaboom! stick is chosen, all the player's sticks go back in the jar.

Roll & Multiply

Multiplication games every student will love in your classroom!

Ok...so this isn't as exciting as the other 3 games, but it's great practice none the less it's a great way to practice multiplication facts!!  And most students love playing with dice.

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Multiplication games every student will love in your classroom!


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  1. These are wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm always on the lookout for fun multiplication practice for my third graders! :o)

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