Posts Tagged ‘Educational games’
September 21st, 2010
by Tracy H in Educational Software Market, Technology
Are You Attending NCTM 2010 in Baltimore, October 14-15?
Are you attending the NCTM 2010 Regional Conference in Baltimore? If so, make sure you visit DreamBox Learning in booth 322! We’d love to meet you, and you could win some great giveaways for your classroom. Join us in our booth for: Hourly demos Learn how DreamBox Learning provides differentiated instruction with every mouse click, [...]
April 21st, 2009
by Mickelle in K-2 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning, Online Learning
Schooled by 5-8 year olds: Make Changes to Student Status that Students Can See
I’ve talked before about all the beta testing we completed before launching the product to the public. A significant portion of the beta testing took place in schools where the Academic Team (all certified elementary teachers with 75% having earned National Board Certification) could watch kids playing. We watched for signs of...
April 6th, 2009
by Mickelle in Math fun, Parent Tips
Chutes & Ladders: A Beginner’s Version for 3-5 Year Olds Sorely Needed!
The box claims this game is appropriate for ages 3+. It’s wrong. There’s just no way. Where do I even begin? There are so many chutes and ladders that it’s difficult to discern each individual box on the game board.
December 30th, 2008
by Casey in Math fun, Math Learning, Parent Tips, Teaching Math
For the Love of Yahtzee!
I renewed my love of Yahtzee a few months ago, in a little cottage in Hawaii when my husband and I discovered it was the only board game in the place. We were trapped inside at 7pm every night with our three month old baby and spent many hours playing this fun and competitive game. Yahtzee is fast paced, has the chance elements of winning big but also requires strategy. During the long days and nights with an infant it was also perfect because the game plays pretty quickly and can be renewed at any time
October 27th, 2008
by Sue in Math fun, Parent Tips
Have a Little Fun, Practice French and a Little Math
On a day when I didn’t really have any time to goof off, I just found more than an hour of free time I didn’t think I had. That’s thanks to the Mostly Mommies blog (http://mostlymommies.blogspot.com/) which recently mentioned http://gomath.ch/jeux/index.php, a French site with free educational games.
October 22nd, 2008
by Sue in Parenting
How Families Limit "Screen Time"
We had about 25 children in the DreamBox office over the last few weeks, beta testing the upcoming version of our online math learning product, DreamBox Learning K-2 math.
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