Archive for the ‘K-3 Curriculum’ Category
September 15th, 2010
by Mickelle in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-3 Curriculum, Parent Tips, Teaching Math
Great Article for Teachers to Share With Parents!
A colleague forwarded the following article to me that I think is fabulous for teachers and parents. (Thank you to our fabulous developer Aja!) As a teacher, I would have loved forwarding this article when setting the stage for math as it’s taught today. Maybe it will be useful to some of you: BBC News [...]
September 7th, 2010
by Jessie W in From the CEO, K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Unlocking Learning Potential with Dreambox
DreamBox Learning is an exciting company that provides engaging, individualized and, yes, effective learning experiences for young students. This nimble technology infuses fun into learning and delights students, parents and teachers alike. For years, education technology has existed on the periphery of instruction, often providing after-the fact, rear-view perspectives on a child’s progression. Today, we [...]
August 18th, 2010
by Casey in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning, Technology
What’s New with the DreamBox Math Classroom?
Our team at DreamBox has been hard at work all summer making improvements to our Math Classroom program based on feedback from teachers, math coaches, and administrators. We’ve streamlined the process for teachers to set up and manage their classrooms, improved reporting available to teachers and added special placements for students who are in intervention [...]
August 4th, 2010
by Mickelle in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning, Parent Tips
My Preschooler Just Finished the Kindergarten Curriculum
As one of the National Board Certified Teachers instrumental in building DreamBox Learning K-3 Math, it’s especially rewarding to watch my own child play and learn! After years of watching her cousin play, she was eager to get started. She’s been playing a lot this summer, likely a result of “You need to use your [...]
April 14th, 2010
by Aja in K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning
Beta User Comments
During the past month we’ve been running a beta program on our new content. We were fortunate that during this beta period many parents and kids gave us their honest feedback on our new activities. Some of these were too cute not to share. Here are some of my favorite comments from kids (presented verbatim): [...]
April 6th, 2010
by Sue in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
DreamBox Learning K-3 Math is Launched. Tell Us What You Think!
For the last several months we’ve been beta testing our new 3rd grade math lessons and games, listening to all of our testers’ feedback and working hard to make the product better. Today we’ve released the new, expanded DreamBox Learning K-3 Math! There are now more than 500 math games and lessons. We’ve developed more [...]
March 24th, 2010
by Sue in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
Get a Sneak Peek: DreamBox Learning K-2 Math Will Soon Be K-3 Math!
As we’ve been hinting at recently, DreamBox will soon be adding third grade math lessons to our curriculum! So students will get more than 500 math games and lessons. That means even more students can have fun while they learn a robust math curriculum. What’s coming in K-3 Math? There are more than 100 new [...]
March 8th, 2010
by Tracy in K-3 Curriculum, Math fun
Who Gets to Play Third Grade Math? Beta Winners Announced!
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 [...]
December 28th, 2009
by Mickelle in K-3 Curriculum, Start-up Culture
Schools Are on Winter Break, but DreamBox is Not!
At DreamBox we’re capitalizing on school vacation! For two days, we invited DreamBoxers who live near our offices to sit side-by-side with our teachers and developers and be the first to try our newest lessons and games. This is the first major step in testing our new virtual manipulatives developed by DreamBox only for our [...]
September 15th, 2010
by Mickelle in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-3 Curriculum, Parent Tips, Teaching Math
Great Article for Teachers to Share With Parents!
A colleague forwarded the following article to me that I think is fabulous for teachers and parents. (Thank you to our fabulous developer Aja!) As a teacher, I would have loved forwarding this article when setting the stage for math as it’s taught today. Maybe it will be useful to some of you: BBC News [...]
September 7th, 2010
by Jessie W in From the CEO, K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Unlocking Learning Potential with Dreambox
DreamBox Learning is an exciting company that provides engaging, individualized and, yes, effective learning experiences for young students. This nimble technology infuses fun into learning and delights students, parents and teachers alike. For years, education technology has existed on the periphery of instruction, often providing after-the fact, rear-view perspectives on a child’s progression. Today, we [...]
August 18th, 2010
by Casey in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning, Technology
What’s New with the DreamBox Math Classroom?
Our team at DreamBox has been hard at work all summer making improvements to our Math Classroom program based on feedback from teachers, math coaches, and administrators. We’ve streamlined the process for teachers to set up and manage their classrooms, improved reporting available to teachers and added special placements for students who are in intervention [...]
August 4th, 2010
by Mickelle in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning, Parent Tips
My Preschooler Just Finished the Kindergarten Curriculum
As one of the National Board Certified Teachers instrumental in building DreamBox Learning K-3 Math, it’s especially rewarding to watch my own child play and learn! After years of watching her cousin play, she was eager to get started. She’s been playing a lot this summer, likely a result of “You need to use your [...]
April 14th, 2010
by Aja in K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning
Beta User Comments
During the past month we’ve been running a beta program on our new content. We were fortunate that during this beta period many parents and kids gave us their honest feedback on our new activities. Some of these were too cute not to share. Here are some of my favorite comments from kids (presented verbatim): [...]
April 6th, 2010
by Sue in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
DreamBox Learning K-3 Math is Launched. Tell Us What You Think!
For the last several months we’ve been beta testing our new 3rd grade math lessons and games, listening to all of our testers’ feedback and working hard to make the product better. Today we’ve released the new, expanded DreamBox Learning K-3 Math! There are now more than 500 math games and lessons. We’ve developed more [...]
March 24th, 2010
by Sue in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
Get a Sneak Peek: DreamBox Learning K-2 Math Will Soon Be K-3 Math!
As we’ve been hinting at recently, DreamBox will soon be adding third grade math lessons to our curriculum! So students will get more than 500 math games and lessons. That means even more students can have fun while they learn a robust math curriculum. What’s coming in K-3 Math? There are more than 100 new [...]
March 8th, 2010
by Tracy in K-3 Curriculum, Math fun
Who Gets to Play Third Grade Math? Beta Winners Announced!
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 [...]
December 28th, 2009
by Mickelle in K-3 Curriculum, Start-up Culture
Schools Are on Winter Break, but DreamBox is Not!
At DreamBox we’re capitalizing on school vacation! For two days, we invited DreamBoxers who live near our offices to sit side-by-side with our teachers and developers and be the first to try our newest lessons and games. This is the first major step in testing our new virtual manipulatives developed by DreamBox only for our [...]
