4 Afterschool Games for 4th Grade Math Practice

Have your child write down 24 division problems on index cards. Solve the division problems, writing the answers on the back. Then, have each player create a bingo board by drawing a grid that is five squares by five squares. Mark the middle square as “free.”

Next, read the answers to the division problems and use them to have your child fill in the bingo boards randomly. Mix up the deck of cards. Draw a division problem and solve it. Players who have that answer should place a marker on that number. The first player to get five in a row is the winner. That’s much more stimulating than forcing extra 4th grade math worksheets on your child. 

The idea behind these games is fun and learning. You tend to retain items better if you are having fun and do not dread the practice.

3. Make a Dollar

Use playing cards for this competitive game (See? we told you that playing cards are an ideal math tool for you to keep within reach). First, assign the following values to the cards:

• Number cards 3-10 have that number of cents. (threes = $0.03, fours = $0.04, etc.)
• Twos and Queens = $0.20
• Jacks = $0.15
• Kings = $0.25
• Aces = $0.50

Write down these values (with the decimal point) so everyone can remember them. Shuffle the cards and deal five to each player, face down. Place the remaining cards in the center of the table, face down.

Players view their cards and add them up. If no one has $1, each takes a turn drawing a card from the center stack and discarding a card face up. The next player can either take the card that is showing or draw from the deck. Play continues until a player reaches $1 or the deck runs out. The player who reaches $1 or the closest to $1 is the winner. Depending on what motivates your 4th grader, you may consider offering a real dollar to the winner.

4. Tablet-Based Games

Let’s face it, you don’t always have time to sit and play a math game with your child after school. You can reinforce 4th grade math practice on a tablet with learning apps . Choose an app that is effective at teaching math concepts on a grade-appropriate level, and offers game-like play to keep kids interested. You can use parental features to track your child’s progress through the app. Be sure to check out both the quality of the reviews and the quantity. You want an app that lots of other parents have used for fourth grade math enhancement. A program, like Thinkster Math, that offers point-of-learning instruction will be quite effective as you give your child 4th grade math practice at home without boring him or her. And, your fourth grader it probably going to have some fun doing it. 

The hours after school are an excellent time to reinforce math skills. Keep them fun as you incorporate 4th grade math practice into your day-to-day activities, and you will see great rewards in your child’s academic performance.

And keeping sharp on skills like multiplication is always a good idea – not just single, but multi-digit multiplication is easily done – especially through apps like Thinkster. We don’t just give you a simple unit for your child to execute. Instead, we use research-backed activities that your fourth grader will enjoy as they learn. Our experts not only have the research on their side, but they also have years and years of experience teaching in real-world environments. They’ve seen every problem out there. They know how to reach your kids with both interesting and challenging exercises that reinforce what they are learning in school – whether that’s a game that enhances measurement skills or a smaller unit that concentrates on how to multiply. Yes, Thinkster is that flexible, and efficient. Better than a group-tutoring process where your child may be put into a group that doesn’t cover what your child in particular needs. Or, sometimes, in a group environment, your child may be too shy to ask the questions they need to ask.

Whether your 4th grade student needs basic practice to reinforce what they learned in school like the best way to solve multi step word problems or concepts like unit fractions, Thinkster is here for you.