The DreamBox Math Learning Blog

DreamBox recently presented at the Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM) conference in Paris, Kentucky.  We were excited to be invited by our friends at the Kentucky Center of Mathematics (KCM) to present at and attend the conference, and it was wonderful to have a chance to meet personally with classroom teachers and Math [...]

See the video from our kids contest that had the DreamBox team in stitches. When asked about their dreams, kids say the cutest things. This little girl wants to be a nurse practitioner and mom, “because nurse practitioners check hearts and make people feel better. And moms have babies.”
Words don’t do justice to this video. [...]

OK, Halloween is behind us, and we have the bowl of left-over candy in our kitchen to prove it. But one of our ace QA engineers is really good with a carving knife apparently. We wanted to share her handiwork with you!

Can you believe it’s almost November? If you can’t wait for Turkey Day, get ready with zany holidays and activities on our new November math activity calendar. We’re kicking off this month with turkey jokes and fun math activities!
Turkey jokes
Asked to write a composition entitled, “What I’m thankful for on Thanksgiving,” little Timothy wrote, “I [...]

When kids play DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, they explore the DreamBox Adventure Park, an amazing place where kids go on many different adventures as they solve problems and learn math! Students choose their adventures from four themes: Pirates, Pixies, Dinosaurs, and Pet Friends. The DreamBox themes, stories, and adventures were inspired by suggestions from kids [...]

What do a musician, dentist, and geologist have in common? They all use math! Watch our latest Dream Big video and see our mini-musician before he makes it to the big time. Warning: this video may tug at your heart strings.

Throughout the development of DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, our teachers and developers collaborated to develop innovative (and in many cases patent-pending) tools that are exactly suited to teaching the early numeracy concepts students need to learn. These virtual manipulatives are web-based tools that help students more easily grasp math concepts in visual terms, and give [...]

Understanding abstract concepts is crucial to being successful in math, but some ideas are difficult to grasp and sometimes kids struggle to learn them.
Many educators agree that “manipulatives” are among the best math teacher resources to help students visualize a concept in more concrete terms, and to link new ideas to prior knowledge. Now, with [...]

Maybe you didn’t think it was possible. But yes, you can have an enjoyable Halloween and be healthy and earth conscious. Let’s make the year’s most spooktacular holiday a “Green Halloween®” by showing the importance of reducing sugary sweets and being environmentally friendly.

Ever since I shared a few favorite math jokes a few months back, people keep asking me for new ones. And with Halloween coming, they seem to be multiplying(!) — so here are a few more, with a seasonal flavor. If you like these pumpkin math jokes, check out our Pumpkin Math Activities Calendar.
Pumpkin Math [...]

In honor of the most common birth date in America on October 5th, the birthday paradox is an interesting experiment for students to learn about probabilities of a pair. Beware. Some of these statistics are beyond the typical “pumpkin math” exercise, but everyone should still be able to walk away with the general idea of how the birthday paradox works.

October is a favorite month at DreamBox Learning (sssh, don’t tell the other months).  We hope you’ll help us celebrate it with pumpkin math activities and pumpkin jokes all month long! And we have a brand new (free) calendar filled with learning fun.
Pumpkin humor
To kick off our favorite month, here’s a pumpkin joke:
Q: How do [...]

Counting is very important if you want to be a wealthy pirate.
Finding buried treasure requires good counting and number sense.  How many steps does it take to get to the spot marked with an X?
When you have dug up the treasure, how do you divide it among the crew?
If you have many kinds of coins [...]

How does math relate to real life? Let me count the ways.

To bring you an important announcement from cute kids everywhere! We asked kids to tell us what they want to be when they grow up, as part of our  “Dream Big” video competition.  And boy, were we surprised at their answers:
Presenting…Dream Big farmer

Ask your kids what they want to be and join in on the [...]