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At KS2 maths games provide an essential bridge between the playfulness of maths in KS1 and the more rigorous mathematical concepts that children have to learn from year 3 onwards. 

Children love playing games, whether that’s just running around playing tag at break time or sitting down for an afternoon’s board game play at home. Mathematical games, such as multiplication games, harness the fun and motivation of ‘normal’ games, and, when incorporated into a primary school maths lesson, turn ordinary class work into something more interactive, more fun, and potentially more memorable. 

For any maths games sceptics among you, you may be interested in reading about the arguments for and against ‘making maths fun’ and also the science of learning and memory in the classroom. Used appropriately they can hit the sweet spot of supporting children to learn effectively while being Math games year 5 ks2 technologies english.