Customer Reviews

Learning Resources Pizza Fraction Fun Game

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This is a wonderful game for introducing the concept of fractions, then building on it. Colorful pieces, sturdy box, and of course, pizza is always appealing to the elementary school set! The only reason I did not give this item five stars is this: although the pizzas come neatly packaged and perforated, once you break them apart to use for play, it's nearly impossible to fit them back in the box right. My box lid always bulges open. I think a rubbermaid container will solve the problem. Otherwise I highly recommend this game!

My five-and-half-year old daughter is learning how to play the piano and some of the concepts she's learning include quarter notes, half notes, etc. To help her with these concepts, my husband and I decided to teach her basic fractions, and we found this pizza fraction game at our local learning resource store. It is a fun concept and the games can be modified for either elementary level or middle grade level, and also depending on the child's aptitude.

There are 7 games here:
Pizza with everything (identifying and estimating fractions)
Pizza sandwiches (matching equivalent fractions less than or equal to 1)
Who gets the pizza? (problem solving with multiples of fractions)
One topping pizza (problem solving with equivalencies to make a whole)
Pizza tossing contest (practicing with equivalents)
Every way you slice it (manipulating equivalent fractions)
Pizza slice-up (adding and subtracting fractions)

The box contains:
13 pizzas cut into 64 full-color double-sided pizza pieces
3 doubles-sided spinners
An activity guide

I think this is an excellent game for teaching the different skills to do with learning fractions and can be easily improvised for each child's learning/grade level. The games can be also be complemented with real pizza:)Recommended!

There are many ways to play this game. We went with the most simple directions for our third graders. They loved to play it, and they learned what the difference is in appearance between 1/6th and 1/9th. The realistic photographs made everyone hungry for pizza while playing it. Fun game, we recommend it.

My math-hating son loves this game! He actually asks to play, which I never imagined happening. We've only played once so far, but I'm very impressed with how sturdy the game pieces are.

There is no end to the fun that you will have teaching fractions to small children, about 6 to 9 years old, with these Pizza Slices.

I find that children instinctively learn better with powerful visual aids like the Pizzas, which are cut into various fractions.

It's a breeze for example, showing how 1/2 a Pizza equals 3/6ths and so forth.

What is really fun, is to see what happens when afterward, you actually take children out for Pizza!

This game really helped my son understand fractions - he needs things to be concrete to understand the concept, and this was the perfect solution.

I teach 5th grade, and I've been using this game for years with my students. The kids LOVE the realistic look of the pizza and really enjoy playing the variety of games included. The whole class likes to play the game in teams, and I use it at a math station. The team atmosphere is great because the kids can work together to answer questions and teach each other along the way.

This is great for hands on learning. My daughter (age 7, 2nd grade) was intimidated by fractions, but now she thinks they are fun. It has different games for different ages and levels of learning. So far we are just using the first one, but it has already taught her to read a fraction and has given fractions a positive spin for her. Plus she really wants to play the harder games so she has incentive.

The pizza LOOK real. My kids have enjoyed playing it and it is challenging to see the difference in size when the marked side is hidden. Not sure it's what I was looking for, but at least the kids seem to like it.

Great tool for learning several different fractions and you'll be wanting to order pizza when your done b/c of great pics. Solid construction.