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More Strategy Games Lower Primary

These strategy games will help improve children's logical thinking skills.  They supplement the games in our Strategy Games Feature.

Incey Wincey Spider

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

You'll need two dice to play this game against a partner. Will Incey Wincey make it to the top of the drain pipe or the bottom of the drain pipe first?

Shut the Box

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

An old game but lots of arithmetic!

Board Block

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?

Strike it Out

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

Dotty Six

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.

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