Looking for educational and entertaining gift ideas this holiday season? The math specialists at Stephen Gaynor School have come together to curate a list of exceptional math games and gift ideas for all ages and interests. Whether you’re searching for family-friendly games, activities for solo play, or options tailored to young children, this list has something for everyone. From classic favorites to engaging fact-practice tools, these games make learning math a joyful experience. Perfect for holiday gifting, they inspire young mathematicians to have fun and be creative!
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Family Fun | Solitary Puzzlers | Artists, Engineers, and Poets
Bakers | Mathe-magicians | Little Ones | Math Readers | Classic Games
Fact Practice Tools
For Family Fun
SET (Ages 7+) and SET Junior (Ages 4+)
Zangle (Ages 6+)
Phase 10 (Ages 7+)
Spot It (Ages 7+)
Cloaked Cats (Ages 7 – 9)
Prime Climb (Ages 8+)
Swish (Ages 8+)
Sleeping Queens (Ages 7+)
Skyjo (Ages 6+)
Quirkle (Ages 6+)
The Allowance Game (Ages 7+)
Blokus (Ages 7+)
Uno (Ages 7+)
Mobi (Ages 6+)
Simon (Ages 8+)
Rack-O (Ages 8+) or Rack-O Jr. (Ages 4+)
For the Solitary Puzzler
Kanoodle (Ages 7+)
Hoppers (Ages 5+)
Tangrams and Tangram Puzzles (Ages 5+)
Tower of Hanoi (Ages 7+)
Hanayama Puzzles (Ages 7+)
Rush Hour (Ages 8+) and Rush Hour Jr. (Ages 5+)
Gravity Maze (Ages 8+)
Snap Circuits (Ages 8+)
Makey Makey Invention Kit (Ages 8+)
For the Artist, Engineer, or Poet
Fractiles (Ages 6+)
Tesselation Magnets (Ages 6+)
Math Poet (Ages 9+)
Artful Math Activity Book (Ages 8+)
Geoboard (Ages 6+)
Jix (Ages 8+)
Polyhedron Frameworks Set (Ages 6+)
HyperTiles (Ages 8+)
For the Baker
Visual Measuring Cups (Ages 5+)
For the Mathe-magician
Magical Mathematics book (Ages 10+)
For the Little Ones
Geometry Stacker (Ages 3+)
Shape Sequence Sorting Set (Ages 3+)
Goodnight, Numbers book (Ages 3+)
One to Twenty, Animals Aplenty (Ages 2-6)
Playful Puzzles for Little Hands (Ages 2 – 6)
Tileblox (Ages 3+)
Magna-Tiles (Ages 1+)
KORXX Building Brickles (Ages 2+)
NumberBlocks from Hand2Mind (Ages 3+)
ThinkFun My First Math Dice (Ages 3+)
For the Math Reader
How Many Jelly Beans? (Ages 6+)
The Math Curse (Ages 8 – 10)
How Much Is A Million? (Ages 7-12)
The Number Devil (Ages 10 – 12)
Classic Games
Enjoyable Fact Practice
Learning Wrap-Ups (Ages 5+)
Area Mazes (Ages 9+)
Tiny Polka Dot (Ages 3-8)
Addition by Heart (Ages 5+)
Multiplication by Heart (Ages 8+)
4 Way Countdown (Ages 6+)
Beast Academy Puzzle Books: Level 2 (Ages 8+) and Level 3 (Ages 9+)
Muggins (Ages 7+)
Math Dice Jr (Ages 6+)
My First Math Dice (Ages 3+)
Adsumudi Little Ones (Ages 4+)
Multi (Ages 8+)
Numberblocks Hot Dots (Ages 5+)