The DreamBox Learning Blog

Recently a parent of a kindergartener sent us an email expressing some concern that her child (Julie) was working with two digit numbers but hadn’t received any place value instruction. The parent was helping her daughter “answer” the lessons and she was concerned that DreamBox might have an instructional sequencing problem. This gave us a wonderful opportunity to put the [...]

I recently received this e-mail from a person who is not yet a customer.  She writes: I’m searching around your site for the “terms of use” on the free trial – specifically, information about how long it is, can you opt out before the free trial ends, the billing process, etc.  Can you clarify this [...]

I recently received this letter from a parent: I am concerned that the amount of time my sons spend in the “Carnival” part of DreamBox may be affecting the speed of their progress.  Do my children advance in placement when they spend their time at the Carnival and in My House?  Or should I primarily [...]

A customer writes: After taking a few months off for the summer, our daughter has started using DreamBox again.  However, she is finding that she’s backslid a bit, and that the problems are a little too difficult for her. How can we help her get back in the groove? As you may already know, DreamBox Learning’s [...]

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 [...]

Many teachers use playing cards as a math manipulative in the classroom. They can be used to work on concepts such as number recognition, multi-digit addition, multiplication and more! We’ve taken one classic card game, War, and came up with multiple versions that can be played to practice new skills or reinforce old ones. Variations [...]

After a 4-day business trip to Denver for the ISTE Conference, I returned home with one of the little red apple timers we shared with many teachers. My original intent was that it’s a better gift for my 4 ½ year old than the junk I can buy in the airport! However, this timer has [...]

School is officially out: cue the much-anticipated family vacation. Inevitably, there will be at least a couple of DreamBox fans that pack up and take the kids to Disneyland or Disney World. And while Mickey and Minnie and the Pirates of the Caribbean ride make it all worth it, there is really no way to avoid the hot sun and the long lines.

My husband and I have been traveling quite a bit lately. We used to leave our 4-year old daughter, Elle, one note for each morning. Lately, we’ve been sending text messages instead. It wasn’t long before we needed to get creative about the messages we sent, and we started looking for ways to incorporate math [...]

Every year my husband rolls his annual collection of coins and donates the money to charity. Last night he had our 4-year old daughter, Elle, helping him for the first time. He knows (because he’s learned from me!) that rolling coins offers many learning opportunities for children of all ages. With schools closed for winter [...]