Learning Resources Sum Swamp Game, Homeschool, Addition/Subtraction, Early Math Skills, Math Games for Kids, Educational Board Games, 8 Pieces, Ages 5+, multi-color

Price: $19.99
(as of Feb 01, 2025 23:41:33 UTC – Details)
Encourage math drills through fun game play with Sum Swamp. Journey through the swamp by adding and subtracting numbers on the dice. Includes gameboard, 4 swamp creature game pieces, 2 number dice, and an operations dice. Kids will have a terrific time learning math skills as they avoid the hilarious pitfalls of the Sum Swamp. Designed for two to four players, this game is sure to develop and sharpen beginning math skills, because the only way to escape the mire is to roll the dice and add and subtract your way around the board. If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to take the Crocodile Short Cut, although sooner or later everyone gets caught in the Endless Loop. Landing on special squares, such as Even or Odds or a number space, makes things even more interesting; you could get stuck for quite a while. The best part is that this is a game kids can grow withchildren 5 to 6 will find it a learning challenge, and older kids can play for fun. The game is an Oppenheim Best Toy award winner. Marianne Painter
FUN WAY TO PRACTICE MATH: Encourage basic math drills through fun game play with Sum Swamp
MATH GAMES: Develop fluency in early math skills as kids play the game. Perfect for Homeschool or classroom learning
MEET NEW CREATURES AND FACE MATH CHALLENGES: Race through the swamp while facing math challenges and meeting funny swamp creatures along the way
GAME INCLUDES EVERYTHING NEEDED FOR PLAY: Includes gameboard, 4 swamp creature game pieces, 2 number dice, and an operation die
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Reviewer: Tony
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Many hours of fun
Review: As a parent we are always looking for ways for our children to pick up learning in fun ways. I am glad I purchased this game for my kindergartner at the time to be able to solve mathematics and follow instructions at the same time. Very much recommended for any parent with a younger child at home.
Reviewer: Nancy E. Sheldon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A fun game for practicing addition and Subtraction
Review: Sum Swamp is an early addition and subtraction game that is simple enough for kindergarteners and first graders while being complex enough to be interesting.If you are looking for something slightly more advanced than Sum Swamp, I recommend Math Island, which has many of the same features but uses ten-sided dice.
Reviewer: Lisa and Jorel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Simple game for drilling math facts
Review: My son, who I call SmartyPants, is working on addition and subtraction. I didn’t want him to have to do a million worksheets. He’d start hating math! So, I went on Amazon and found this fun game. Sum Swamp is a game for kids who understand how to add and subtract already, but just need to practice and or memorize the math facts.Inside the box is a large colorful game board, 4 game pieces, and three dice. The game pieces are shaped like little swamp creatures: a yellow turtle, a blue snake, a red frog, and a green snail. They are cute, but seem a little cheaply made. They almost seem like pencil toppers, but not the eraser kind. To test this theory, I had SmartyPants try to put one on a pencil. Yep, it fit perfectly. So, I don’t know if they were just trying to cut costs by buying pencil toppers, or if it’s just a coincidence that they fit a pencil perfectly. It doesn’t really matter to me, as long as SmartyPants likes the game, and learns his math facts.There are three dice. Two of the dice are green with white numbers, one through six. The third one is white with plus and minus signs ( + and – ). Therefore, the student will practice addition facts with answers up to 12, and subtraction facts with answers 0 to 5. Subtraction was a little tricky at first. The greater number must come first. Negative numbers are a little too advanced for young children. This was only a problem the first few times we’ve played it. Now my son knows to put the greater number first.It is possible to roll a zero and not get to move at all. SmartPants is always so sad when that happens.Dispersed through out the board are squares with the words evens and odds. When you land on one of these squares, you roll a numbered die. If the number is even, and you are on an “evens” square (like in the picture), you get to advance that number of spaces. If you roll an odd, you stay where you are. When you land on a numbered square, roll the plus/minus die. If you roll a +, you advance the number of spaces written in the square, if you roll a -, you go back that number of spaces.The last unique aspect of the game is the endless loop. You keep going around and around the loop unless you land on the exit square. This is easier than it seems. The most I’ve ever gone around the endless loop is four times. Most of the time we get to exit on our second or third time around.Overall, Sum Swamp is a fantastic game. It is fun, and educational at the same time. Here are the pros and cons:Pros: Teaches addition and subtraction and odds and evens, fun, colorful, much more fun than a worksheet. durable. Pretty good price, around 15 dollars.Cons: Are the game pieces pencil toppers? I’m still not sure. The subtraction can get a little confusing if the lesser number is placed before the greater number.Here is a youtube video of my son reviewing this game:http://youtu.be/-YfHQ2cTDuc
Reviewer: MCA
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun and Simple
Review: I really enjoy this game. Both my kids at home and the kids I work with have all really enjoyed playing it. It is simple and easy to grasp the concept. I like that other reviewers noted that if you purchase dice with more numbers on it you can make the game more challenging. I like the theme, the set up and the game pieces. As for the endless loop, it can be frustrating to get out of, but it also functions as a way to balance the race so if one player makes it to the endless loop faster, they might get stuck, allowing the other player to catch up. I really like that feature of the game, because some kids get defeated if their opponent gets higher numbers while they get stuck with several 1, 2, and 3s. The game does not take long to play even if you get stuck in the endless loop for a couple or more turns.
Reviewer: Homeschool Mama
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great game!!!
Review: I was initially on the fence about purchasing this game because I was comparing it to some other similar math-based games. I ended up choosing this one because of the cute player pieces – snail, dragonfly, alligator and frog. It did not disappoint! My four (almost 5) year old son LOVED this game and wanted to play it all afternoon. It’s a great way to introduce simple math concepts while having fun.
Reviewer: Christa
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great game!
Review: My kids and I love to play this game! I like that it’s educational and fun.
Reviewer: Olivia Stabler
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect for Practicing Math Skills, Get a Higher Number Dice to Make it Challenging
Review: My soon to be second grader has been practicing addition and subtraction skills with me all summer and I was looking for a fun way to practice because flashcards are boring to her. This game’s maximum addition fact is 6+6, which for my daughter isn’t challenging enough. I went back and forth between getting this and Sums in Space, but I didn’t like the Sums in Space board. So glad I went with this game. I loved the swamp board, creature pieces, and the challenge of the endless loop which you can get stuck in and gives a player who is behind a chance to catch up.If you want the game to be more challenging, you need to buy a higher number dice. I bought one here on Amazon that is 12 sided, so what we do is use one higher number dice and one of the number dice from this game, so the equations are definitely harder, but not frustrating for her. For example she sometimes gets 12+6 or 12-5. If you want to make it ever harder, you can use two higher number dice for up to 12+12. We aren’t quite there yet, but eventually we will be, so I like that the game can grow with her.The object of the game is to roll and solve the equations and you move that number of spaces. There are some spaces that say even or odd and you roll the dice and if you get the specified even or odd, you can move that many spaces forward. There are also some spaces with a number on them and if you land on them, you roll the plus/minus dice and move forward or backwards that many spaces. The first one to get to the finish line wins. You can move a lot of spaces at once or just a few depending on the equation you roll, so a lot of times it’s a back and forth game. I highly recommend this game for practicing math facts, but I also recommend getting higher number dice to keep it challenging. Game is great quality and lots of fun!
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for fun and learning
Review: The kids love to play this game and helps with beginning math.
Reviewer: aline Jauregui
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Muy divertido y ludico para mi hijo de 6, le gustan las matemáticas pero con esto se divierte mucho.
Reviewer: RICHE
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Acheté pour ma petite fille de 5 ans
Reviewer: Jeannine
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Kleindochter vond het een leuk spel.
Reviewer: Navya G K
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: My kid loves this game.
Reviewer: Thedon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Learning and fun what more could you ask for