Math for Love Prime Climb

I bought this game to use as part of our homeschooling curriculum. My kids were suspicious of it at first but this game has been a hit for our whole family! We really enjoy it in our game night rotation and it has really helped solidify not only prime numbers but also just all the math facts that our kids need to know. Great quality, easy to learn, and fun for ages 9 - 44!

I have two boys, ages 9 & 11 who really need to work on memorizing their math facts better, so I thought this game might help. I didn't expect it to be so strategy-based, but that's going to be a good thing. We've only played the game once, and right now my boys aren't using good strategy, and are relying heavily on addition to play the game. I can see that as they play the game with my husband and I more, they are going to see the benefits of thinking strategically and they will want to use more multiplication, division, and subtraction. The first time we played, they mostly just tried to move their pawns forward to win, but by the end they were starting to see that moving forward isn't always the best strategy. I think this game is going to be a lot of fun to play for many years to come. Because of the strategy involved, this isn't just a game to help kids learn their math facts, but a game that helps develop deeper mathematical thinking and the ability to predict several moves ahead, like in chess. My kids don't love the game yet, but I see its potential, and I think they are really going to enjoy it once they get the hang of it. On another note, I have an old board game I got when I was a kid called "X From Outer Space" made by Discovery Toys. I used to like it because of the cute little plastic pawns shaped like aliens flying spaceships and the cute space theme. (I got it around the time of the Challenger explosion, and I was very interested in outer space.) My boys have played it with me a couple of times and liked it, but all it really does is help you learn multiplication. There really isn't any strategy to it at all, so after a while it starts to get boring, and it really holds no challenge for parents, so it's a pretty short-lived family game. While I still enjoy it for kids learning their times tables, Prime Climb is really a much more interesting game and offers more room for growth .

Super fun game that our whole family loves. My kids ask everyone who comes over to play this and many have asked for the link so they can buy it too. This will be one I buy and give for Christmas this year. Total hit! Our family loves it and has played it several times a day. Highly recommend as also would be good for kids who don’t think they like math as involves math but so much fun they forget they are using math.

My 6 & 8 year old are loving this game! And I enjoy playing it just as much because it’s just as engaging for an adult. They learned their times tables watching “Times Tales” videos and can practice them here. Only one star off because 2 pawns broke within 2 hours of getting the game. We hadn’t even played yet. My 4yo broke one and my Husband stepped on the other. I noticed this design was an upgrade from a previous design of regular pawns. But I’d like to suggest a redesign again with doughnut shaped pieces. Flat to the board. So they aren’t so easily broken. We play board games so often, the ability for them to hold up over time is an important factor.

Great game for helping kids understand factors and learn their multiplication/division (and addition/subtraction) facts, plus it's FUN! The part that initially drew me in for where my kids are was the color coding of the basic primes, and by extension the use of those colors to represent factors in the products. Then, it arrived and the gameplay was really fun--there are two ten sided dice and you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the number you are on by each die in turn to move. If you land on a prime you get to draw a Prime Card, which you can either use right away or save for later to benefit yourself or target an opponent, depending on whether the card is an Action card or Keeper. The first person to move both pawns to 101 wins. If you get tired of the standard rules, though, they apparently have some variations here: [...] but I have not yet tried any--looking forward to doing so after we've played through a few more times. Oh and keep in mind that it takes longer the more players there are--folks with younger kids might want to keep it to 2 or 3 players so it doesn't go so long, or modify the rules so people don't get sent back to start so often. I'm sure there are cooperative ways to play too if that's more up someone's alley, like it was for us when the kids were younger.

As a homeschooling mom, I am always looking for fun ways to reinforce learning, especially when it comes to facility with numbers (something I lack!), so I was excited to find this cool new game for my son. He is almost 13 and studying for the SHSAT for next October (2016) and this game helps with operational math (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing) in a strategic way, with chance added because it is dependent on dice rolls... so we started to play, and it is really fun! It is not hard to learn, but it's definitely hard to master! This means it is challenging for everyone involved! I imagine a younger less adept (math wise) student would also love it, because you can play without a lot of math chops or experience -- and you could even win that way (I do!) but as you play you are definitely increasing your ability to think mathematically. So far, we have played five or six times since we got the game just two days ago. That means we are playing repeatedly -- that is a great thing! I am not asking him to play -- he is asking me! I could not be happier, and I will be recommending this game to others on our homeschool listserv. My son says, "it's fun, interesting, and it makes me think! I like it because my mom thinks it's a learning game, but to me, it's just fun."

This is a fantastic game! Just the right combination of luck and skill so that everyone can play. I bought this game so that my son could practice his math facts in a fun way. It's turned into a family favorite, even my 18 yo likes to play. The game includes a board with all the numbers between 0 and 101 in a spiral. The goal of the game is to land your piece on the 101 spot. You get there by rolling dice and using math to chose how many spaces to move. The basic strategy becomes clear very quickly for new players. The board itself is beautifully designed and the pretty colors aren't just pretty colors, they are coded to indicate multiplication factors. There is a metaphor here about women and their pretty little heads, but I can't quite pull it together. :) The game moves quickly, adding and subtracting is easily supported by counting circles and there is a multiplication table included that uses the same fantastic color-coding as the board for anyone who needs a little help with multiplication and division. Game variations are also included in the instructions, like faster game play using one token per player. Really, all-around this is an excellent game. My only criticism, and it is so minor I did not take any stars off for it, is the dice. Instead of a 10, they have a 0 and we find that we often forget this fact. And the shape of the dice is a little wobbly so sometimes we lose the numbers for the roll.

I bought this game for my 4 kids for Christmas. After I received it, I thought it was a stupid game. I know all the prime numbers up to 100 and so do my eldest 2 kids. However, when I played this with my 11 year old (who knows all about primes) he LOVED it and wanted to play it with me over and over. And he said *Now I can finally remember what the two factors if 91 are". His little sisters watch along while we play. I think this is the best part of the game. Because when they think of 91, they will remember the colours around it. They will remember that there was more than one, do therefore it is not prime. And will remember the "13" and the colour associated with the number 7. (Green and orange? I can't remember but that's okay, I already know all of this. Great game!!!!! How do you do mental math? You begin with counting and adding small numbers of objects. And then you learn what equals ten. 10+ 0; 9+1; 8+2; etc. If I am asked 9+5, I think... 9 is one less than 10 so 9+5 is the same as 10+4. And I do repeated adding stuff... like beginning with.. 7...how much is 6 more(13) , and 6 more after that, etc.(19) And then in multiplying....it is the same process but with multiplying. Multiplying is repeated addition. 5+5=5 =15. All multiples of 5 end in 5 or 0. All multiples of 2 end in an even number. All multiples of 4 end in a two digit multiple of 4. All multiples of 10 end in 0. The digits of all multiples of 3 add up to a multiple of 3. The digits of all multiples of 9 add up to a multiple of 9. There is a pattern for 11, for 6.......and this seems sensible, if you have a lot of practice and/or if you regularly see things like a numbers chart or this game that shows factorization through colours.

A fun game, great for reinforcing maths skills as well. Easy game to learn.

Awesome game, beautifully packed, delivered in less than 16hours, during Eid! I was looking for it for 4 years, when it was oy available in US, finally it is here in UAE as well. Thank you Math for Love <3

Excelente

kids like it ，recommend to others！

My grandson and I love the game. It definitely reinforces knowledge of the times tables and much more. A+