Posts Tagged ‘Math games’
March 2nd, 2009
by Mickelle in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Math Learning, Parent Tips, Teaching Math
How I was Saved from the Horrors of Candy Land
I never liked this game, not even as a kid. However, I recognize the positive benefits of playing games with my 3-year-old Elle, and I could never deprive her...
February 13th, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun
Celebrate World Maths Day…the DreamBox Way!
Mathletes, human calculators, and DreamBoxers get ready!
February 13th, 2009
by Becca in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Parenting
Valentine Sorting Activity
If you have children, chances are good that they brought home a box of valentines this week…
February 11th, 2009
by Beth in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Valentine's Day Math
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.
February 5th, 2009
by Sue in Math Learning, Online Learning, Teaching Math
Why Can't You Buy a DreamBox Learning CD?
Recently, a friend of a friend who had reviewed our offering wrote to me and said, "Overall I find the business model of a monthly charge very strange for a children's learning software. Usually one buys a book or a CD/DVD for a one time price and can use it indefinitely. DreamBox's offering basically means that now parents need to pay over and over again if their kids want to revisit lessons or if they are just slow learners. A more appropriate pricing model would be to sell the service per lesson or grade level. That would appeal a lot more to me. Think about it. I have to spend $100 for one year of service and after that I basically lose access to the learning tools unless I continue paying. For $100 each year I get many learning software on CD/DVDs or books and I can keep them forever. That is a very easy decision in my mind."
February 5th, 2009
by Byron in Math Learning, Online Learning, Parent Tips
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Here at DreamBox, we recommend for best results that a student play at least twice a week for 15 minutes at a time. Some will play more.
However, like Vitamin A, a lot more is not better. To take an extreme, a child playing 3 hours a day every day is crowding out too many other activities for a happy child.
January 14th, 2009
by Byron in Educational Software Market, Math fun, Middle School and Beyond, Teaching Math
Training Our Mathletes
Sorry, but this is a short commercial for a great non-profit program, The Math Olympiad.
The program is a great way to get kids excited about doing fun and challenging math. I had a chance to be involved with this a couple years back when I co-coached our elementary school’s team. The kids really enjoyed the teamwork and competitive spirit of it – which are aspects generally missing from the math classroom.
January 13th, 2009
by Lou in Educational Software Market, Math Learning, Online Learning, Technology
Individualized?! That’s what they all say!
I was at conference recently discussing DreamBox with a pretty savvy industry insider when she asked “what makes your product so unique?” My response was “It’s incredibly effective, fun, and highly individualized to a child’s particular learning needs.”
That’s when she said it. “Individualized?! That’s what they all say!”
December 13th, 2008
by Sue in Math fun, Parent Tips
Contig: Good Family Math Fun
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.
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.
March 2nd, 2009
by Mickelle in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Math Learning, Parent Tips, Teaching Math
How I was Saved from the Horrors of Candy Land
I never liked this game, not even as a kid. However, I recognize the positive benefits of playing games with my 3-year-old Elle, and I could never deprive her...
February 13th, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun
Celebrate World Maths Day…the DreamBox Way!
Mathletes, human calculators, and DreamBoxers get ready!February 13th, 2009
by Becca in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Parenting
Valentine Sorting Activity
If you have children, chances are good that they brought home a box of valentines this week…
February 11th, 2009
by Beth in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Valentine's Day Math
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.
February 5th, 2009
by Sue in Math Learning, Online Learning, Teaching Math
Why Can't You Buy a DreamBox Learning CD?
Recently, a friend of a friend who had reviewed our offering wrote to me and said, "Overall I find the business model of a monthly charge very strange for a children's learning software. Usually one buys a book or a CD/DVD for a one time price and can use it indefinitely. DreamBox's offering basically means that now parents need to pay over and over again if their kids want to revisit lessons or if they are just slow learners. A more appropriate pricing model would be to sell the service per lesson or grade level. That would appeal a lot more to me. Think about it. I have to spend $100 for one year of service and after that I basically lose access to the learning tools unless I continue paying. For $100 each year I get many learning software on CD/DVDs or books and I can keep them forever. That is a very easy decision in my mind."
February 5th, 2009
by Byron in Math Learning, Online Learning, Parent Tips
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Here at DreamBox, we recommend for best results that a student play at least twice a week for 15 minutes at a time. Some will play more.
However, like Vitamin A, a lot more is not better. To take an extreme, a child playing 3 hours a day every day is crowding out too many other activities for a happy child.
January 14th, 2009
by Byron in Educational Software Market, Math fun, Middle School and Beyond, Teaching Math
Training Our Mathletes
Sorry, but this is a short commercial for a great non-profit program, The Math Olympiad.
The program is a great way to get kids excited about doing fun and challenging math. I had a chance to be involved with this a couple years back when I co-coached our elementary school’s team. The kids really enjoyed the teamwork and competitive spirit of it – which are aspects generally missing from the math classroom.
January 13th, 2009
by Lou in Educational Software Market, Math Learning, Online Learning, Technology
Individualized?! That’s what they all say!
I was at conference recently discussing DreamBox with a pretty savvy industry insider when she asked “what makes your product so unique?” My response was “It’s incredibly effective, fun, and highly individualized to a child’s particular learning needs.”
That’s when she said it. “Individualized?! That’s what they all say!”
December 13th, 2008
by Sue in Math fun, Parent Tips
Contig: Good Family Math Fun
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.
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.
