The DreamBox Math Learning Blog

The web is full of sites that are designed to help parents teach math to their children. The DreamBox website offers parent tips for each grade level, and we include math games and fun activities parents can do with their children every month in our parent newsletter. The more parents tune in to the math [...]

According to our March math activity calendar, the tastiest of all math holidays is coming up on March 14: National Pi Day! Let’s have some fun and share our favorite pie. Comment below with your favorite pie flavor.  I don’t know about you, but I can’t decide between French Silk or Key Lime. Maybe I’ll [...]

A guest article by The Savvy Source

How do children learn through shapes, patterns, and numbers?
All those hours of fun your child spends playing with shape sorters, puzzles, and blocks, putting pennies into his piggy bank, and helping you make cupcakes. Guess what? He is absorbing early math skills all the while playing these games: geometry, [...]

My kindergartener was just begging me to let her play more DreamBox last night instead of reading stories before bed.  She’s really loving it. -Victoria Rana, Bella’s Mom.
Drum roll, please…
And our third-grade beta testers will be: Benjamin, entered by Noel Bush; Bella, entered by Victoria Rana; and Edgar, entered by Jennifer Shotts! Congratulations to our [...]

It’s official. World Maths Day is off and running, and so far with rip-roarin’ success!
“But how?” you ask. “It’s not March 3rd yet!”
It’s March 3rd somewhere in the world, though, and the competition exists across the world GMT, so students ages 5 through 18 can play each other until it is no longer March 3rd [...]

Spring arrived early here in the Pacific Northwest — even though it’s only the end of February, flowers are blooming and the sun is shining. Even if you’re still snowed in and fighting frigid temperatures, bring in spring with our new March kids’ calendar: Lucky Math Month!
March Math Days and Highlights

World Maths Day 2010: March [...]

You asked for it. We delivered (or we will soon)! Our developers have been working away all winter on our third-grade math games and lessons, which will launch soon. Can’t wait? Your child could be one of a select few to play it first! That’s right, we’re giving three lucky winners a chance to be [...]

As DreamBox Learning’s Director of Marketing Programs to schools I spend most of my days working with school districts, principals, curriculum advisers, math coaches, and classroom teachers who are using DreamBox in their schools and districts. I introduce them to DreamBox Learning, answer their questions about our lessons, program, and curriculum, help them roll out [...]

February is Black History Month and an appropriate time to reflect on the achievements of African American mathematicians. Although there are many black mathematicians who deserve recognition, we’re focusing on the first three to ever receive a Ph.D. in the field. These scholars had to overcome unfathomable injustices to live their dreams and are an [...]

For the last in our series of math activity coloring pages we’ve created a scene from one of our Pet Friends stories. Pet Friends are one of our most popular themes for younger children – if your child has played a Pet Friends math adventure you’ve probably heard about helping Hemi and Bunny build a [...]

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), the state-wide technology association aimed to connect, lead, and inspire tech businesses in Washington, has included DreamBox Learning in its finalists for an Industry Achievement Award (IAA) as Breakthrough Start-up of the Year. Everyone here at DreamBox is excited and feels very honored.

Our Valentine’s math calendar has arrived with math games and holidays your kids are sure to love! Celebrate Clean Out Your Computer Day on February 8th and Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17.

A fascinating recent study claims that if a female elementary teacher is anxious about math, chances are that her female students’ performance would suffer. Note that it doesn’t matter if she’s actually good or bad at math—it’s all about anxiety!
This is interesting not only because 90% of US elementary math teachers are women, but because [...]

The “mathemagician” — professor Arthur Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College— was on Stephen Colbert recently. This guy is so great! Look at his face while he is talking about math. It is enough to be convinced that math is something fun; he brings inspiration while he is talking.
Not only is he absolutely amazing at mental [...]

Highlights from the DreamBox Parent Survey on Math Education
Recently, because we are always interested in parents’ opinions and experiences, we asked parents of DreamBox users how they feel about a number of issues related to their children’s education. We conducted a survey asking about learning activities at home, how math and literacy are taught in [...]