Only another couple of weeks until Halloween and we have been getting a little magical with our game time. My eldest has loved Orchard Toys games for years and his most recent game, Magic Maths is perfect for this time of year.
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Magic Maths
The game Magic Maths is aimed at children aged 5-7 years old and features wizards and witches spell making. To begin you each need to choose your character board with cauldron and 6 number pieces. The sum pieces are placed face down with the ‘magic’ star facing up. Players take it in turns to flip one of the sum pieces and work out the answer to the sum and see if they have the right answer in their numbers. If they have the correct number then it can be turned over to reveal an ingredient for their spell. The first player to get their 6 ingredients in their cauldron wins.
The cool part with the ‘magic’ stars is that once the player has worked out the sum they can check if they got the correct answer by rubbing the black star so the number ‘magically’ appears.
Some of the sums are more difficult than others and I probably wouldn’t recommend this as a game just before bed when your kids are tired. But it’s a fun way to learn maths and create your own spells too!
Alphabet Lotto
For young children aged 3-6 Alphabet Lotto is the perfect game to increase their knowledge of the alphabet and how words are spelt. I love that this game is great for both my children. My 3 year old is still learning his letters and my 6 year old is learning how letters spell words. We can use the game in 4 different ways depending on which child is playing.
Each player has a game board which has 6 pictures on one side and 6 letters (and some sounds) on the other. The aim of the game is to be the first player to complete all 6 spaces on their board first. You get a set of picture pieces and a set of letter pieces, depending on which game you are going to play.
You can match pictures to the corresponding first letter on the board, picture to picture, letter to letter or letter to picture. With my youngest we can practise a simple lotto game by matching picture to picture or letter to letter.
However, my oldest loves to play it matching the picture to the correct letter or the correct letter to the picture, helping him understand what each word begins with. I’m pretty sure that all sounds confusing when you read it, so look at the pictures to get what I mean! Ha ha!
Competition
If you would like you would like to win your very own Orchard Toys Magic Maths game for your little one then please use the Gleam form below. Good luck!
Tracy Nixon says
My spell would be create snow to fall on Christmas Eve and to last until New Year’s Eve! It would be lovely to have a white Christmas!
Chris Andrews says
my spell . . . . . . to wave my wand and bring peace to all
Lynn Heath says
My spell would match all the socks together! No more odd socks!
Ren Taylor says
My spell would be to wake up each morning and someone has cleaned my house, done all the laundry/ironing and shopping and got the dinner ready
MANDY DOHERTY says
To make my bank balance stay out of the red
stuart hargreaves says
MY SPELL WOULD BE TO LIVE IN PEACE
Angela Treadway says
To have my Christmas shopping all done lol x
Emma Whitworth says
To just simply be happy
Jodie A Green says
Happiness spell
Solange says
A love spell.
fiona waterworth says
mine would be to turn everything to chocolate, lovely
Corinne Henson says
To stop my excessive worrying 🙁
iain maciver says
a happy spell forever
Ashleigh Allan says
To magic away the ironing
Kerry Kilmister says
Mine would be to make everything I eat calorie free
Martina Pichova says
Mine would be to tidy away all the toys in the house in seconds.
Graham Ross says
To always have enough money
Anthony Harrington says
to create world peace and fresh bed linen every night
Amy Wright says
My spell would be to become a billionaire
Iris Tilley says
My spell would be to click on a picture of food and it would be there right in my kitchen all cooked and ready to eat
Kayleigh Watkins says
My spell would be to keep my home clean with my three little monsters xXx
Yolanda Davis says
my spell would make everybody go into a deep sleep, to wake up in the new year believing they had a wonderful xmas.
Sidrah Ahmed says
I would make a spell to be able to fly
jo liddement says
My spell would be for the weeds to stop growing so quickly in my garden and the lawn to mow itself.
Andrea Fletcher says
My spell would be to make all my family happy.
Rebecca Duncan says
my spell would be to get my children to sleep past 6.30am 😀
Rich Tyler says
To make sure we always had a healthy bank balance!
Emma says
We have these Orchard games and they are fantastic for encouraging your child to learn! My two love them 🙂
Jen Walshaw says
I am a HUGE fan of Orchard Games – when my boys were younger we had all of them!
Isabell Whitenstall says
My spell would be to be able to purchase the Magic Maths game locally. I cannot find a local supplier.
Kerry Lock says
Could I have a cleaning up spell please!
Jo Carroll says
It would either be a spell to make sure the pennies add up each month or one like Mickey Mouse in ‘Fantasia’ to clean the house… 😉
Laura Walker says
To magically stop a toddler tantrum!
kRIS says
A house cleaning spell
john prendergast says
A good health spell
Clare Hubbard says
A washing up spell!
Sally Collingwood says
A tidying house spell
Ruth Harwood says
to live a good life and be happy
Jodie W says
My spell would be to conceive a brother of sister for my little boy!
Jordan Stephens says
My spell would be to be in two places at once so I can work and be home with the kids ?
Ursula Hunt says
My spell would be to have the washing come out the washing machine washed, fdried ironed and folded so all I had to do is put it away
Alana Walker says
My spell would get my kids to tidy up a bit quicker!
Kim Neville says
A spell for everyone to be healthy
Jo Hutchinson says
My spell would be to make the hoovering do itself
A.E. ADKINS says
My spell would be to make the house self repairing/cleaning. Oh the joy.
michelle o'neill says
for all my family to be happy
Christina Palmer says
I would wave a wand and end homelessness
Kirsteen Mackay says
My spell would be to have a permanently clean and tidy house.
Susan B says
A town house in a picturesque town in France would be wonderful.
Jo says
My spell would be to be to stop my kids constantly arguing and to make get on like best friends. That would make my life so much happier
Vicki Weston says
My spell would be a tidy house at the end of each day
sheri Darby says
A housework spell please
Niki Marie Wardle says
A spell for good health x
amanda greensmith says
that everyone was happy and well
Sharon Arnott says
My spell would be to be able to change the bedding at the click of my fingers
Kelly Hirst says
A spell to make mean people kind
Gill mitchell says
my spell would be to get my kitchen installed in record time!! We have just completed the 1st week of a 4 week project….aargh!
JULIE WARD says
To get my partner to get off his segs on rectum and finish the house off
Rebecca Powell says
To wave my wand and bring smiles to everyone
Kev Cannon says
Anything that gives me more time to spend with my son
Stephen Little says
A housecleaning spell!
Lesley Bain says
Definitely a housework spell!!!
Amy Tidd says
My spell would be to get all three of my children to sleep through the night. This mama needs some sleep!
Charlie Brunton says
My spell would make salad taste like the yummiest chocolate cake!
Adrian Bold says
My spell would be for invisibility as you can get up to some mischief with that ability 🙂
ellie spider says
to be able to speak and understand any language including animal speak 🙂
Lia Burns says
My spell would be to make two of me so one can do the housework and one can have fun with the kids x
Danielle Pooley says
To just be happy!
paula cheadle says
that everyone was fit and healthy, no more disability’s
Jennifer Ball says
To pause time so I could get more done ?
sharon stanley says
Definitely invisability so the girls could nag their father instead of me for a bit lol
Rachael Sexey says
Happiness spell ?
Lynn Neal says
My spell would be to make someone full of joy!
Rachel Butterworth says
To have a spotless house for at least a week.
natalee gosiewski says
bed time spell make every sleep when i sleep having a 8 yr old who never sleeps is draining
Patricia Avery says
My spell would be a purely selfish one. Hubby and I are both retired and quite fit and healthy for our advanced years but I would lie to stay that way for many years to come and see all our grandchildren as adults, and as happy, healthy and settled as we have been 🙂
Theresa Thomas says
My spell would be to improve my Sons memory so he stops forgetting everything
Tammy Neal says
A spell to have unlimited money and to help the poor x
Miss Tracy Hanson says
Can I be selfish and ask to meet my favourite rockstar? Have been a fan since the first band we was in and the one he’s in now have been going 20 years – think I’d got over my obsession before now lol. But they don’t do VIP meet n greet so would love to meet him.
Miss Tracy Hanson says
*he was in (not we), sorry.
Leanne Perrett says
i would love a spell to help in the housework
Natalie Crossan says
Definitely to have a spotless house 😀 xxx
Kelly newlands says
My spell would be to come home every day from work to a spotless clean house!
Kate Davies says
My spel would be to create a never emptying mug of tea, mine always seems to become empty very quickly.
Danielle Graves says
my spell would be to make the house tidy itself