Archive for November, 2009
November 25th, 2009
by Tracy in Math Learning, Math fun
Deck the Walls with our New Kids December Calendar
December is packed with holidays from the traditional and widely celebrated to holidays you’ve never heard of, like Baking Soda Day! December 2 is Coats for Kids Day. December 7 is letter writing day.
Deck the walls or your refrigerator with our new kids’ activities calendar and fight those winter blahs with goofy holidays and math [...]
November 20th, 2009
by Sue in Math fun
Turkey Jokes for My Young Dinner Guests
With a bunch of kids coming over for turkey next week, I thought it was time to find some math turkey jokes. But let’s be honest: they’re mostly about pi, and once you’ve heard one pi joke the rest are all pretty similar.
Q: What is the area of pi?
A: pi R^2?
R: Pie are not square. [...]
November 13th, 2009
by Sue in Math fun
New Math Activity Coloring Page #2: Professor Pickles and His Time Machine
Dinosaurs are fascinating for many kids, and DreamBox kids are no exception!
When students play DreamBox, they can choose from a number of different math adventures with a Dinosaurs theme. They can join silly Professor Pickles, Dr. Kim, Hasan, and Misha as they explore a museum and travel to the time of the dinosaurs. While they’re [...]
November 12th, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun
Say What? Small Child, Big Word
How many kids want to be paleontologists when they grow up? Or can even pronounce the word? This little one wants to be a paleontologist because paleontologists “study bones.” And then he goes into a spiel about paleontologists finding a “really big bone”. No bones about it, this video is adorable! Watch it below.
Good luck [...]
November 9th, 2009
by Sue in Online Learning, Teaching Math
The Latest Free DreamBox Teacher Tool: Open Number Line: Developing Number Sense™
At DreamBox our passion is bringing math to life for all students! So we have created math resources for teachers – free teacher tools with interactive virtual manipulatives that any teacher can access free to support math learning in the classroom.
Research suggests that using virtual manipulatives can help students develop a richer understanding of concepts, [...]
November 9th, 2009
by Casey in Public Education, Teaching Math
DreamBox Teacher Presents at the Kentucky Center for Mathematics Conference
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 [...]
November 5th, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun
Video Spotlight: Dream Big Little Nurse!
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. [...]
November 3rd, 2009
by Sue in Life at DreamBox Learning
Pumpkin Math Art
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!
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