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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by whitej125 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:31PM (#34602480)
My son responds super well to gamified learning. What I found is that there are plentiful options when it comes to math... but not as much so when it comes to reading.

When he was in kindergarten during the disrupted school year of 2020/21... I created a "reading version" of the classic Battle Ship game. Instead of a 10x10 grid of letters and numbers it was a 10x10 grid of K-2 "sight words" that I would randomly choose and draw onto a grid (in Excel) that could be printed.

Then we'd play by reading and repeating sight words to indicate the coordinates to attack. He loved it!

Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by moserch on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:40PM (#34602623)
Such a great idea. We played a lot of battleship when we were growing up. I may need to try this out with my son when he starts learning to read!
Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by ghostbrainalpha on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:39PM (#34614303)
That's impressive. Makes me feel like I need to up my Dad game.