Posts Tagged ‘holiday math’

Happy Wordless Wednesday: Just Another Beautiful Day in MathLand

If you haven't heard, sponsors announced this year's theme for Math Awareness Month - it's Math and the Climate! Held every year in April, Mathematics Awareness Month was started to make others aware of how math affects our world.

World Maths Day (or World Math Day) was a smashing success. There were 2,001,570 total participants from 204 countries and a world record of 452,681,681 total questions answered in 48 hours.

Mathletes, human calculators, and DreamBoxers get ready!

If you have children, chances are good that they brought home a box of valentines this week…

Who says Valentine’s Day is only about Hallmark and sugar? Classrooms can find creative ways to expand this holiday into a great learning opportunity.

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

All of us at DreamBox Learning sincerely wish all of you a happy holiday season and the very best in the new year!

Kids are simply more receptive to learning when they’re having fun. And lots of experts say that play not only fosters learning but it’s also an essential part of a child’s overall well-being. Play enhances kids' cognitive capacity when it gives them opportunities for trial and error, problem solving, and decision making while encouraging their participation in a fun, rewarding environment—that's what makes play both intellectually stimulating and emotionally gratifying.

Since the best gifts come from the heart, we’re wrapping up our holiday gift guide with Sampa. Using Sampa, families can create their own private webpage for free. Ok, so Sampa isn’t exactly educational (unless you’re tech phobic). But DreamBox Learning believes the heart is every bit as important as the brain, which is why we picked Sampa for a coveted spot in our countdown.

In the spirit of sharing fun at-home math activities with parents, here's a suggestion for a great game that gives kids an opportunity to practice mental math without the boring worksheets! At the suggestion of Alexandria Jones in her Lets Play Math blog, my family recently played Contig.

ItzaBitza: A Learning Game Filled with Artistic Adventure for Ages 4 and Up

Discovery boxes make excellent first learning toys for toddlers. They teach children motor skills and stimulate tactile senses with colored beads and dials. Read on and find out why we picked the My First Discovery Box for number 6 in our educational toys countdown.

DreamBox Learning’s holiday gift-giving guide continues with what is believed to be one of the oldest games in the world: Mancala! Read on and find out which version we chose and why we picked it for the number 5 slot.

We couldn’t complete our gift giving countdown without including a memory game. But with all the memory games out there, which one do kids like best? Read on and find out which memory game takes the number four slot in our educational toys countdown.