"What would you rather do son...play Sunya or do your multiplication pages?" asks an inquiring mom. "Sunya, can we play Sunya mom?"
Sunya Publishing sent me and my son their math game called Sunya - The Magic and Wonder of Math and Science Multiplying & Dividing, ages 9+, which my son and I have been enjoying for the past couple of weeks. It's a game he takes along when he visits with Gramma who says "this is a fun game to play".
Sunya Publishing sent me and my son their math game called Sunya - The Magic and Wonder of Math and Science Multiplying & Dividing, ages 9+, which my son and I have been enjoying for the past couple of weeks. It's a game he takes along when he visits with Gramma who says "this is a fun game to play".
Sunya Publishing is a company with a desire to help children learn their math facts in a fun, family oriented way. Can you make math sentences using the cards in your hand? Can you help your mom or your sister or brother if they are struggling to make a sentence? Can you tell if someone has made a mistake? Get rid of the cards in your hands first but don't forget to say Sunya!
Sunya® (the "u" pronounced as the "oo" in the word "book") is a word from Sanskrit, the ancient and classical language of India. Our modern number system was invented in India 1,500 years ago. This word means “empty or void of any quantity.”
Family fun and cooperation, with a friendly spirit of competition, while you practice your math facts, this sums up Sunya.
Sunya® (the "u" pronounced as the "oo" in the word "book") is a word from Sanskrit, the ancient and classical language of India. Our modern number system was invented in India 1,500 years ago. This word means “empty or void of any quantity.”
Family fun and cooperation, with a friendly spirit of competition, while you practice your math facts, this sums up Sunya.
Isn't it a lovely purple colour? The book that I received was filled with instructions about how to play Sunya. I found it best to just kinda dive in. Give each person four cards, make a starter sentence with either multiplication or division, and then see if you can make a new math sentence, taking away the lower cards as you go to add to your take from pile. Help each other out. Once you get used to playing, then reading through the rules to refine your playing methodology works really well. :)
The book I received was mostly done in black and white, but it had a couple of colour pages (just so we could see which we preferred). I have to admit, I thought that the black and white worked just fine, but it was a nice break to have to odd full-colour spread. I can totally see them using the full-colour spread to introduce a new chapter in the book OR as the start to a new method of playing. Just to make certain sections stand out a bit.
The book I received was mostly done in black and white, but it had a couple of colour pages (just so we could see which we preferred). I have to admit, I thought that the black and white worked just fine, but it was a nice break to have to odd full-colour spread. I can totally see them using the full-colour spread to introduce a new chapter in the book OR as the start to a new method of playing. Just to make certain sections stand out a bit.
We received the Sunya book which teaches you all the rules and methods to play, a number line, a set of number cards, and some riddle/quiz cards for fun. I have to admit, when my lad first met the riddle cards he was unimpressed, thinking the cards were out to get him until he caught on! Then, like many 10-11 year olds that I know that like to pull a good trick, he worked his best to catch me out... every time he won a round "MY TURN MOM!" :)
One of the riddle/information cards talked about a diamond star. My lad wasn't sure if the information was correct so we did a bit of research on it and found out that yes it was! The lad was suitably impressed.
One of the riddle/information cards talked about a diamond star. My lad wasn't sure if the information was correct so we did a bit of research on it and found out that yes it was! The lad was suitably impressed.
I wanted to show you the difference between the coloured pages and the black and white. I admit the coloured looks good, but the black and white keeps it simple and plain and is MUCH preferred by my lad.
I have to tell you how much Gramma and My son LOVE playing this game together. My son visits gramma every week and normally they play chess, go for a walk, finish schooling and just enjoy spending time together. Chess has currently been replaced with Sunya. Gramma WILL NOT let me take a picture of the two of them playing, so here's one from when the lad and I were playing.
Once we got started playing I found it a very intuitive game to play, you can make it easier or harder depending on which cards you put into play. You can make the zeros so you can only put them in the product but not as a multiplier, and other changes. These changes are mentioned in the book rules, but honestly.. just play the game. As my son likes to say "this is way more fun than doing problems to do my math facts"!
Sunya is game, published by Sunya Publishing, that we will continue to enjoy in this household. It's such a good way to practice math facts and to have fun with each other. One of the things I thought as we played this game was how very easy it would be turn this into a additon/subtraction game as well.. I would just need to mock up the cards for it. My lad thought that a marvellous idea, because then you could play it with anybody and that would be great!
It was VERY helpful to have the dots on the cards, this made it very easy to tell the 6 and 9's apart, and is just another way to engage the brain in learning.
Sunya is game, published by Sunya Publishing, that we will continue to enjoy in this household. It's such a good way to practice math facts and to have fun with each other. One of the things I thought as we played this game was how very easy it would be turn this into a additon/subtraction game as well.. I would just need to mock up the cards for it. My lad thought that a marvellous idea, because then you could play it with anybody and that would be great!
It was VERY helpful to have the dots on the cards, this made it very easy to tell the 6 and 9's apart, and is just another way to engage the brain in learning.
Potentially daunting rules or not, it's a math game and I'm glad we just jumped in with both feet and got wet. We've had so much fun playing Sunya in our household, I think that you will too. Jump in, fine tune it as you go and just have fun. Check out what other reviewers had to say too.
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