Description
❤️ Hug the Heart: Multiply by 6 ❤️
Multiplication Fact Fluency Game • Math Center • 6s Facts Practice
Make multiplication practice active, engaging, and strategy-filled with Hug the Heart: Multiply by 6! Students build fluency with the 6s facts as they roll, solve, and race to surround the heart. Instead of worksheets, students get repeated, meaningful practice through play — perfect for strengthening fact recall while keeping motivation high.
Skills Students Practice
- Multiplication facts ×6
- Fact fluency and automaticity
- Skip counting by 6s
- Number sense and patterns
- Strategic thinking and turn-taking
This game helps students move from counting strategies toward faster, more confident fact recall.
How to Play
- Roll a 12-sided die or roll two 6-sided dice. (If you are playing with two six-sided dice, have the students choose how 1 or 2 dice to roll each turn.)
- Multiply the number rolled by 6.
- Find the product on the game board.
- Cover the space with a counter
- Players take turns rolling and covering spaces.
Winning the Game:
The first player to cover the last space surrounding a heart “hugs” the heart and wins! ❤️
Materials
- 12-sided die or two 6-sided dice (If you are playing with two six-sided dice, have the students choose how 1 or 2 dice to roll each turn.)
- 20 counters per player (each player a different color)
Hug the Heart- Multiplying by 6
Why Teachers Love It
- High engagement with essential fact practice
- Builds fluency without timed tests
- Encourages repeated exposure to 6s facts
- Easy-prep math center
- Great for partner or small group work
- Turns practice into a goal-driven game
- Students stay focused because they’re trying to win — and the repetition builds mastery naturally.
Perfect For
- Math centers
- Fact fluency practice
- Small groups
- Intervention
- Early finishers
- Spiral review
Common Core Standards Supported (Student-Friendly)
This game helps students:
- Fluently multiply within 100 (3.OA.C.7)
- Use multiplication as equal groups (3.OA.A.1)
- Develop strategies for multiplication based on number patterns (3.OA.D.9)
If your students need more practice with the 6's facts, this game makes it stick through movement, strategy, and repetition — all while they race to hug the heart! 💖
Highlights
Description
❤️ Hug the Heart: Multiply by 6 ❤️
Multiplication Fact Fluency Game • Math Center • 6s Facts Practice
Make multiplication practice active, engaging, and strategy-filled with Hug the Heart: Multiply by 6! Students build fluency with the 6s facts as they roll, solve, and race to surround the heart. Instead of worksheets, students get repeated, meaningful practice through play — perfect for strengthening fact recall while keeping motivation high.
Skills Students Practice
- Multiplication facts ×6
- Fact fluency and automaticity
- Skip counting by 6s
- Number sense and patterns
- Strategic thinking and turn-taking
This game helps students move from counting strategies toward faster, more confident fact recall.
How to Play
- Roll a 12-sided die or roll two 6-sided dice. (If you are playing with two six-sided dice, have the students choose how 1 or 2 dice to roll each turn.)
- Multiply the number rolled by 6.
- Find the product on the game board.
- Cover the space with a counter
- Players take turns rolling and covering spaces.
Winning the Game:
The first player to cover the last space surrounding a heart “hugs” the heart and wins! ❤️
Materials
- 12-sided die or two 6-sided dice (If you are playing with two six-sided dice, have the students choose how 1 or 2 dice to roll each turn.)
- 20 counters per player (each player a different color)
Hug the Heart- Multiplying by 6
Why Teachers Love It
- High engagement with essential fact practice
- Builds fluency without timed tests
- Encourages repeated exposure to 6s facts
- Easy-prep math center
- Great for partner or small group work
- Turns practice into a goal-driven game
- Students stay focused because they’re trying to win — and the repetition builds mastery naturally.
Perfect For
- Math centers
- Fact fluency practice
- Small groups
- Intervention
- Early finishers
- Spiral review
Common Core Standards Supported (Student-Friendly)
This game helps students:
- Fluently multiply within 100 (3.OA.C.7)
- Use multiplication as equal groups (3.OA.A.1)
- Develop strategies for multiplication based on number patterns (3.OA.D.9)
If your students need more practice with the 6's facts, this game makes it stick through movement, strategy, and repetition — all while they race to hug the heart! 💖
