It’s summer here in Manila and the sweltering heat is something else. After 9AM, temperatures can hit a deadly 45 degrees celsius. I myself have been on the bike less, keeping exercise indoors. I’m fine. It’s the kids I’m a bit worried about. Since school is out, I’ve been trying to get them into other activities that don’t involve the screen (good luck). They do have football practice three times a week but this is limited to late afternoons to early evenings because … heatstroke!

So as a parent I’ve been browsing online for other activities they can do to keep their minds active. As a digital parent who writes about technology I kinda have to lean into this whole thing. I previously wrote about some tech-centric toys that don’t have screens but lo and behold, while browsing some online communities, one link led to another and I was able to discover a site that had a collection of browser based games – many of which were actually educational as they sharpened the mind with math problems. 

With my kids, I would send them off to online tutors three times a week during the school year. I really wanted to give them a break from this over the next two to three months. I also realized almost immediately that browser-based games have a different feel to it. My youngest son has a tablet with a collection of his usual games (including Roblox) so being able to run these math games from my phone or laptop – yes we imposed a no tablet rule for some days during the summer – lets me curate the screen time a bit more.

Counting Money

The first game is a money counting game. I remember when my kids were in early gradeschool they were having some trouble counting coins and bills — moreso adding these up to equal a certain amount. It took a lot of practice with real world money to get them to understand these concepts of addition with coins and bills. This money counting game makes use of US dollar bills and coins but can still be played by anyone who isn’t familiar with the dollar currency symbols because of a HINTS button you can slide on or off to show the value of the bill or coin. It’s super fun for kids as they can drag currency to the highlighted box to match the total amount being asked.

Grocery Cashier

Ever wanted to experience the pressure of being a cashier at the grocery? Within the time limit, you’re supposed to punch in the items, determine the total cost, and apply special discount vouchers. Afterwards, you will need to compute the change in bills and coins. It really took us a while to get into the groove, but once you get used to punching in the items and determe appropriate change using addition and subtraction skills, the math becomes really fun.

Math and Prizes

One of the most challenging elementary math puzzles in this collection is called Math and Prizes. Not only does it combine knowledge of counting money, it also makes use of all four basic mathematical operations — addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It’s actually quite wild as the problems don’t just involve whole numbers but cents as well.

In this collection, there are actually more types of games like idle clickers and puzzle solving simulators that all run from the browser. However, as a parent I’m really more attracted to these math games as it can really help build confidence and keep my kids occupied even when we’re on the go and have a few minutes of downtime to spare, like when we are at a restaurant and waiting for food. I hope other parents can get wind of these games and share them with their kids!

https://www.abuggedlife.com/2025/05/18/fun-browser-based-math-games-for-kids-to-enjoy/

#browserBasedGames #mathGames

Counting Money Game: Free Online U.S. Dollar & Change Money Count Video Game for Kids

Counting Money is a money counting game featuring the U.S. Dollar and American coins. Count change, bills, or both. Earn a toy for each correct amount reach and play on expert mode to see if you can reach the target sum using the fewest coins and bills possible. This game is published in HTML5 using lightweight JavaScript, meaning it should work on mobile devices and most modern web browsers like Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox. You can play this game on Microsoft Windows desktop and laptop devices, iPads, iPhones and Google Android mobile phones.

🤡 Behold, a thrilling exposé on the attention spans of 5-year-olds (spoiler: they're short). As adults reminisce about the wisdom of their youth, they unravel the existential crisis of kiddie math games. 🎲🔢 Just what we needed—a dissertation on why children don't want to play "infinite indexed family" games. 🙄
https://www.jeremykun.com/2019/03/26/attention-spans-for-math-and-stories/ #attentionspans #childhood #mathgames #existentialcrisis #kiddiegames #shortattention #HackerNews #ngated
Attention spans for math and stories

Editor’s note: This essay was originally published in 2019. I have made minor edits in this republishing. There was a MathOverflow thread about mathematically interesting games for 5–6 year olds. A lot of the discussion revolved around how young age 5 really is, and how we should temper expectations because we don’t really remember what it’s like to be 5. In response to an enormous answer by Alexander Chervov, user LSpice quipped, “‘Daddy, daddy, let’s play another in the infinite indexed family of perfect-information draw-free cheap-to-construct two-player games!

Math ∩ Programming

Hexadecimal dice are back, baby!

And they're in black! With hexadecimal digits in ... white.

Damn it, they were so close.

Oh well, I'll take it. Maybe I can over-paint the digits with a CRT green.

#Dice #HexadecimalDice #MathGames

https://mathartfun.com/d141518.html

Individual d14, d16, d18, d22, d24, d26, d28, d30, d48, d50, d60, d100, d120

✨ A small dream came true last year: In the past year, we developed our very own (nerd) card game: FEStokes-RePair! 🎉🃏

The game uses the finite element discretization of the Stokes equations as a metaphor.

For details see here: https://fe-nerd-games.github.io/FEStokesRePair/ (and the following thread)

#NumericalAnalysis
#MathGames
#EducationalGames
#FiniteElements
#FEStokes-RePair

FE Stokes Re-Pair

📓 ➕ Through interactive platforms, arts and crafts, and storytelling, math acts as a bridge into the realm of arts, linking the logical and imaginative parts of the brain. ➕📓

https://kidsontheyard.com/articles/by-subjects/math/ways-to-make-math-fun/

#school #earlyed #students #academictwitter #parenting #math #mathgames

Making Math Fun: Interactive Platforms, Hands-On Projects, And Creative Learning Strategies

Through interactive platforms, crafts, and storytelling, math bridges into the realm of arts, linking the logical and imaginative parts of the brain.

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My math game, Simbagi v0.2.0 is out! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.briantria.txproject

New game modes added:
- subtraction
- multiplication
- division

#indiegame #android #mathgames #mobilegame #spaceshooter #screenshotsaturday

Simbagi: Math Space Shooter - Apps on Google Play

Sharpen math skills in Simbagi! Solve problems to blast targets in space!

Enemy waves incoming! 🚀 My math shooter #Simbagi is shaping up with diverse enemies, challenging levels, and more! Check out my latest devlog for a glimpse into the action. #gamedev #indiedev #mathgames #shooter #devlog

https://briantria.com/posts/simbagi/devlog-1/

Simbagi Devlog: Enemy Variety and Level Progression Takes Flight!

Hi there! I’m working on a math shooter game called Simbagi. I completed the core gameplay and I’m sharing the current available features. Enemy Squadron Assemble! Link to heading Simbagi isn’t just about blasting away at spaceships – it’s about blasting away at spaceships while doing some mental gymnastics! I’ve implemented three (for now) distinct enemy types to keep things interesting: Basic Battlers Link to heading These are your bread-and-butter enemies.

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Cool Math Games to Strengthen Your Kids’ Skills over Summer Break

We’ve written several articles about the so-called “summer slide” before, but it’s no less of a concern this year than in years past. Every year, children across the country lose some of their…

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Come learn what our Google Summer of Code and Code4GovTech interns will be working on this summer! We are hosting an online event this Friday where they will be sharing their work on #Sugarizer, #RaspberryPi, #Pippy, #AI assisted chat and coding (#Pippy, #Python), and #MathGames for kids.

Join us at 17:00 UTC (1pm Eastern) this Friday via https://www.youtube.com/live/k7eY-tkl2zw and learn more!

#Education #EdTech #SugarLabs #NonProfit

GSoC+DMP contributors initial check-in 2 of 2: Sugarizer, Raspberry Pi, Math games, and more

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