The DreamBox Math Learning Blog

The most challenging aspect of teaching involves reaching all learners. In a given classroom of 20, 30, 40 or more students, I want and need to know what each student is thinking at every moment in order to be the best teacher possible. Yet with all that teachers are expected to do on a given [...]

DreamBox Learning is excited to announce the results of the 2011 EDDIE Awards. To bring everyone up to speed: The EDDIE Awards target the bright, innovative programs and websites that aid teachers in doing what they do best—teach. We are thrilled to be recognized in the Early Elementary category as the math website of choice. [...]

Thank you to all of you who voted back in April for DreamBox Learning’s CEO and president, Jessie Woolley-Wilson. Because of your votes, Jessie is being honored with the “Leader to Watch in the education business community” award at EdNET’s Best for 2011 awards ceremony. The 2011 EdNET Conference is taking place in Denver, Colorado, [...]

Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell (Greenwillow Books, 1997) is one of those picture books that can be used across the [...]

Finally—the 50th annual Northwest Mathematics Conference is coming up in less than a month!  If you are in the Portland, Oregon, area on October 13, 14, or 15, stop by the Red Lion Hotel on the River at Jantzen Beach. DreamBox Learning will be at booth 49, where you can enter to win a one-year [...]

Our September Math Activities Calendar is jam-packed with trivia, observances, and math problems to get your students using real-life math this month.  Ideas for using the calendar in the classroom: Home-School Connection Make a copy for each student to bring home. Ask them to do 10-15 activities for the month (or all of them!). Students [...]

When I received that first email from DreamBox, I couldn’t believe my eyes. What an outstanding surprise! All my prayers had been answered. It was like manna from the heavens. My wishes had come true. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but let me tell you, I sure was excited. If you’re anything like me, [...]

Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. One of the best things about going to workshops is the unexpected “aha” moments that aren’t on the agenda. They are [...]

Hello! This is Tiffany, the Creative Director at DreamBox Learning. Last week, myself and two other DreamBox employees attended a local conference called “Serious Play.” The conference included a 3-day track of presentations and speakers devoted entirely to games for learning, so that was our focus. At DreamBox, we don’t think of ourselves as making [...]

Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This summer I attended the workshop, “Introduction to Singapore Math Model Drawing,” presented by Susan Midlarsky. Model drawing is a problem [...]