Left Center Right was first published by George & Company LLC in 1992. It is an entirely luck-based dice game for groups of three or more players. I received a copy of the game several years ago for a gift, and I have been using it in my math classroom ever since then! I have …
Reviews and Recommendations
Have you heard of Proof!? Proof! is the brainchild of Master Theorem Games and promises to be “the fast-paced game of mental math magic.” My husband and I received a copy of Proof! for Christmas, and we set down several weeks ago to give it a play. I knew instantly that it needed to make …
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Elizabeth Mays, the creator of the Absolute Zero Card Game to ask if I would be willing to review the game on my blog. If you’ve been around my blog much at all, you know that I love math games and puzzles, so I jumped at the …
A year ago, I decided to admit that I needed help with balancing my home/work life. Teaching is hard. Not letting teaching take control over your entire life is even harder. So, when the opportunity to join Angela Watson’s 40 Hour Teacher Workweek presented itself, I jumped at the chance. You may be reading this …
About a month ago, I was contacted by the Grabarchuk Family who are the creators of Strimko logic puzzles to see if I would be interested in reviewing one of their new puzzle books. Being the puzzle lover that I am, I had to say YES! So, full disclosure: I received the book mentioned in …
Teaching geometry? Check out this review of Geometiles, an awesome new math manipulative with endless possibilities. The kind people at Geometiles recently contacted me to ask if I would be willing to write a review in exchange for a free set. I love using manipulatives in the math classroom, so I jumped at the chance …
Princeton University Press contacted me back in October to see if I would be interested in receiving a review copy of an upcoming release in exchange for a review on my blog. When I saw that it was a math-y read, I accepted. They sent me a copy of The Joy of SET. It …
Recently, I began partnering with ThinkFun to review some of their new STEM brainteaser puzzles in exchange for a blog post. (Here’s the required FTC disclosure: ThinkFun provided me with a free copy of this game in exchange for a blog post. The opinions included in this blog post are 100% my own.) It’s no secret on …
If you love logic style puzzle games, then you are most likely very familiar with the ThinkFun company. ThinkFun is famous for games like Chocolate Fix, Math Dice, Swish, Izzi, and Rush Hour. While browsing the ThinkFun website a couple of weeks ago, I found this interesting fact on their FAQ page: I have a blog …
I was first introduced to the Witzzle Pro Math Game at a meeting of the Tulsa Math Teachers’ Circle in 2014. I knew instantly that I had to use this game in my classroom. If you’ve spent anytime on my blog at all, you know that I adore puzzles. Witzzle is a combination of the …