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Everyday math games for kids -- visual learning conquers learning disabilities!

"Discover an easy way to help your kids master
fractions and decimals and have fun too!"

Math surrounds us. It's no secret, life is much easier if you're good with numbers. Everyday math skills could jump start your kid's future. On the other hand, poor everyday math skills could damage your child's prospects and relegate them to low-paid, mind-numbing work.

"So how do kids learn math and can you help them?"

Kids are natural learners. Often they learn more by discovery and co-operative learning (kids teaching kids), than by adult tuition! Don't believe it? Watch them try a new video game or smart phone app. They discover how to play within minutes.

From birth kids learn by watching, listening and doing, especially in play. They copy you. And they learn more when happy in a safe environment like home. But they learn what they want to!

Kids connect images, smells, sounds and words. They learn by association. Associative memory is very powerful. It develops early in life. For example, kids soon learn the smell or sound of a pet, or that 'green means go', and 'red means stop'.

Here's the good news: "Associative memory can be trained".

 Kids soon learn that 'green' means go and 'red' means stop!

 

"Pizza Pursuits™ 10: Family fun and Math learning!"

Pizza Pursuits™ 10 is a new family fun and learning math card game based on associative learning and discovery. Players visually associate pictures of pizza slices with fraction percentage decimal and degree values. Most kids love pizza!

Start playing just with pictures. You don't need to explain fractions or decimals, or even understand them. If you can count to ten, you can play Pizza Pursuits™ 10, and win! Math learning soon follows by association. And the best part? It's fun!

You don't need to know any everyday math facts to play!

There are four 13-card 'pizza suits': cheese, veggie, sausage and pepperoni.

Each card holds 1, 2 or 3 equal-sized slices of pizza.

Ten equal-sized slices: make one whole pizza:
- Cheese slices measure 1/10th of a whole pizza (10/10);
- Veggie slices are 36° of a whole pizza (360°);
- Sausage slices are 10% of a whole pizza (100%);
- Pepperoni slices are 0.1 of a whole pizza (1.0).

The first player to 'make' a whole 10-slice pizza in one suit or topping wins!          Example: two 3-slice cards + two 2-slice cards = 10 slices (3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 10).

 

"Associative learning by design:

Matching pictures & math facts!"

Cards are packed with everyday math facts and may seem overwhelming at first. Don't worry, just start playing! You'll soon get it. Here's a 3-slice cheese card:

Three figures, a central pizza pie chart and two edge measures outline 10 slices needed for a whole pizza. Numerical values show fraction or degree or percentage or decimal values according to suit.

Three central 1/10th cheese slices and three 1/10th edge tags (top or bottom card edges) mark this as a 3/10th cheese card.

Equivalent face values are 0.3 (decimals), 30% (percentages) and 108° (degrees). You automatically associate pictures with one of four measurement values during play.

The top edge measure starts at zero, runs left to right, and shows progress towards one whole pizza (10/10th). The bottom 'to go' edge measure shows amount still needed (7/10th) to complete a whole pizza.

  

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Make a whole pizza using cards with ten matching (same topping) edge tags. Guard your cards from prying eyes. Offset cards in hand and count matching edge tags.

"Just remember, 10 edge tags make one whole pizza in any suit!"

And you can use edge tags to perform math magic too -- well it seems like magic anyway. You and your kids can add or subtract cards visually without math!

"Visual addition is so easy. You can see the answer!"

Visual Addition Degree addition is easy! 

 

"YOU can perform 'Math Magic'

just by aligning edge tags & measures!"

Overlap and offset the cards to see both edge tags.
Align tag-start on overlapping card (72°) with tag-end on overlapped card (108°).
Read the total (108° + 72° = 180°) on the overlapped or bottom card measure.

Measure any group value like this too. Overlap and offset successive cards. Align all tags end-to-end in a row. Read total value on the first (overlapped) card measure.

You can subtract cards too by aligning the tag ends of any two overlapping card tags. And subtract card groups too by aligning the ends of each tag group!

 Okay, now I get it!

Visual subtraction is easy too! 

 

 "Visual Subtraction
is just as easy!"

  "Visual math is simple and intuitive, even an adult can do it!"

"Okay, I've got 0.3, so how much more do I need to win?"

If you've been following, you already know the answer! You've got 3 pepperoni slices (3 x 0.1 = 0.3), so you need 7 more to make 10 slices (whole pepperoni pizza).  But there's an easier way. Check out the bottom 'to go' measure (rotate card face 180°):

The 'to go' bottom edge measure starts at 1.0 (unmarked) on the left hand card edge and ends at zero (unmarked) on the right edge.

The three 0.1 slices total 0.3 of a pizza as shown, but 'measure' 0.7 on this 'to go' edge measure. So you need 0.7 or 7 more 0.1 slices!

 

Add fractions, decimals, percentages and degrees visually

Overlay successive cards and align all tags in a row as before. Read number of slices needed for a whole pizza on the bottom measure of first (overlapped) card.

"Now here's where the fun could get really wild!"

The 13th card in each suit is a 'Wild Animal' or 'Gobbler' card. It duplicates any card of the same suit (same topping) held in hand. However when discarded it turns (transmogrifies) into a Gobbler capable of destroying other players' entire hands!

 

Wild Animal Example: Cheese Monkey

Cheese Monkey duplicates any cheese card in hand. The other wild animal cards are Veggie Giraffe, Sausage Leopard and Pepperoni Bear.

Discard a wild animal and handicap - potentially destroy, your competition! Gobblers gobble up all matching (same suit) cards held. Everyone must discard matching cards, draw replacements and start rebuilding their hands again!

Set your own rules! Define the Gobblers' Powers (individually or altogether) before play starts. Or allow game winners to define them for the next game! Have fun and get creative; make them as hungry or destructive as you want. If you're evil, you could even target a specific player!

  Here's where the fun can get out of hand, ... even wild!


"54-card deck = 4 x 13-card suits (toppings) + 2 x Jokers"

Two Jokers (duplicate any card in hand) complete the 54-card deck:

Each 13-card pizza topping suit has 4 x one-slice, 4 x two-slice,
and 4 x three-slice cards, and one 'wild animal' card
Cheese: 4 x 1/10th, 2/10th, 3/10th slice-cards; Cheese Monkey.
Veggie: 4 x 36°, 72°, 108° slice-cards; Veggie Giraffe.
Sausage: 4 x 10%, 20%, 30% slice-cards; Sausage Leopard.
Pepperoni: 4 x 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 slice-cards; Pepperoni Bear.

 

"Okay, but what games can I play?"

You can use the cards for serious self study, for family fun and learning, and even for competitive games. You decide! You can play math games for kids, do everyday math and play many non-math games too. Here's just one example:

Sample Game: Pizza Pursuits™ Rummy

Objective: be the first player to make one whole pizza (10 slices) using 4, 5 or 6 cards of the same suit.

Shuffle cards and deal 5 cards face down to each player in rotation. Stack the remaining cards face down to form a stockpile. Turnover the top card; place it face-up beside the stock to form a discard pile.

Allow players time to arrange cards into suits before play. Guard your hand. Offset cards held and use edge tags to review cards.

The player to dealer's left starts. Take the discard on display if this improves your hand or take the top card from the stock sight unseen. Review your hand, then discard an unwanted card to end your turn.

The next player in clockwise rotation takes up the play. 

Normal play continues unless a 'Gobbler' (wild animal discard) interrupts. Then all players must discard matching cards, replace them from the stock (or other stipulated penalty) and start over!

The winner is to the first player to declare one whole 10-slice pizza during their turn. You may discard an unused card to finish.

Sample
Winning
Hand:

Veggie Pizza

   Sample winning hand!

Enough already...

Okay, that's enough for now. You really need to see, feel and play with the cards yourself to experience their true power, yet simplicity.

Parents, associative learning could work wonders with your kids' math. Reinforce associative learning by eating pizza and playing Pizza Pursuits™ as a family. Sight, smells, taste and even touch should create pleasurable and memorable experiences.

Play alongside your kids but try to resist the temptation to teach. It's meant to be fun. So remember always try to be upbeat, heavy on fun and light on instruction! Just ask winners to count out their winning hand in the specific counting system for that topping, e.g. 1/10th, 4/10th... etc. to reinforce learning, but that's all. 

Remember too, if you can count to ten, you can play Pizza Pursuits™ 10 and win! There's no need to mug up on your fractions and decimals first. Just play alongside your kids, have fun and you'll soon learn by association as you go too.

Enjoy!

Anthony Miller, inventor everyday math games for kids!


Here's how to order:

Select one version of the Pizza Pursuits Cards from the drop-down menu on the right before clicking the Buy Now button.

Pizza Pursuits 10 is the right choice for beginners. There are just three slice sizes (1/10th, 2/10th and 3/10th) and only one measurement system (fraction, decimal, percentage or degree) per card.  

Pizza Pursuits Advanced is designed for more experienced players. There are six different slice sizes ranging from 1/20th (5%, 0.05, 18°) to 1/3rd (33.3%, 0.333, 120°). Each card uses all four measurement systems, one on each card edge. 

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