HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES:

Hands-on activities fit into two main categories: games and lessons. Children often do not distinguish between a game and a lesson. Both are math rich, and focus simultaneously on learning and fun; however, there are some differences between the games and lessons for parents and educators to keep in mind to use Zillio most effectively:

	GAMES	LESSONS
Primary Use:	Educational Toy Educational Games	Educational Games, Math Manipulative
Most Appropriate Settings:	Home (family games), Home Schooling, Classroom, Special Education, Resource Specialist, Educational Therapist, Tutor	Homework Support, Home Schooling, Classroom, Special Education, Resource Specialist, Educational Therapist, Tutor
When to Introduce:	Before, while, and after children have mastered a skill	Before and while children are mastering a skill.
Range in Ability:	Players with a wide range of abilities can enjoy the same game (children to adult)	Children closely grouped in ability benefit most from a lesson
Number of Times Children Enjoy:	Many times	A few times
Number of Activities:	20+	50+

In the pull down menus below, we indicate whether an activity develops the skill or uses the skill or (often) both. An activity that develops the skill assumes no or limited prior knowledge. You will be able to teach children what a concept means and how to use the rules to calculate it during the activity. An activity that uses the skill, requires prior knowledge either from a prior lesson on Zillio or your other curriculum. When the skill is a major focus of the activity, the activity is wonderful for developing fluency. Occassionally, we indicate a skill is used even though it plays a small part in the activity. In those cases the activity creates a powerful "need to know". It gives you the opportunity to explain the skill (percents for example) to a very receptive audience, so they will be able to retain it and use it in the future.

Pre-K through 2nd

Getting Acquainted with Zillio

Counting

Number Order

Addition/Subtraction

Skip Counting

Multiplication

Number Sense

Number Sentences

Problem Solving

Rates of Change

3rd through 5th

Getting acquainted with zillio

skip counting

multiplication

division

number sense / equivalency

fractions

number lines

rates of change

factoring & common multiples

ratios & proportions

percents

equations

problem solving

strategy

6th through 9th