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Learning Resources Snap It Up! Math: Addition/Subtraction Card Game, 90 Cards, 2-6 Players, Grades 1+, Ages 6+

Mindprint Rating

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^21st Century Skills Elementary School Game

Skills

Working Memory

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • The game can be good for struggling learners as well as strong math students who want to improve their pace.
  • Even though winning is based on the speed of completion, the game's pace can be modified with a patient adult.

Considerations

  • Students with weaker processing or visual motor speed might be uncomfortable with the pace unless playing with an understanding adult.
  • While the game is enjoyable, students will still view it as a learning game.
  • Students could have disagreements over who finished first.

Mindprint Expert Review

This is game provides a relatively fun way to reinforce fast facts in addition and subtraction. Players start with three cards in their hands. They add or subtract them to match the value shown on the center card before another player makes the match and takes the card. The first player to make three matches wins the game. There are two different levels of difficulty, so students can use the leveled cards to match their abilities. The pace of the game is entirely up to the players, so it can be a good choice for an adult to play slowly with a struggling learner, or for students with stronger skills to improve their mental math efficiency. The easy set up and quick nature of the game makes it a good quick learning choice. If players enjoy the game, there are other versions for multiplication and phonics.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
  • Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
  • Presents educational concepts accurately
  • Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
  • Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
  • Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
  • Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Adults would enjoy playing with a child
  • For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
  • Can be fun as a single player game
  • Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
  • Well-made for the cost
  • For electronic games, can play without sound
  • For electronic games, allows user to save work
  • For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Processing Speed
    • Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
    • A player's success depends on speed
  • Self-regulation
    • Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
    • Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
    • A player's success depends on speed
  • Visual Motor Speed
    • A player's success depends on speed

Manufacturer Description

This exciting, fast-paced card game provides kids with hard-hitting practice in math skills! Players pick and pass cards quickly to make equations. The first player to make 3 correct equations wins. Reinforces addition and subtraction skills up to the number 20. Yet it's so much fun, kids will want to snap it up again and again!