I am so happy to announce that June's Ask Moxie sponsor is DreamBox Learning. You may remember the review I wrote of their online math video games for kids from preschool through Grade 2. They are offering a special deal for Ask Moxie readers throughout the month of June, so click through the image in the right-hand column or through this link: http://www.dreambox.com/askmoxie to get to the discount. They're also going to give us some great math-related content to look at during the summer break. So please sign up for the free trial and see if your kids like playing math games online. All June posts will appear under this one, so scroll down.
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After your review I started the trial with my 7 year old, who is home schooled. Just wanted to say that although he doesn't always find it 100% fun as with a less educational game, he has been happy to play and I really noticed a leap in his basic math skills after an accumulated few hours. I have never ever actually paid for one of these things before, but in this case I made an exception.It was worth it to me not to have to sit there drilling addition and subtraction tables with flashcards :-)
Posted by: Sophie, Inzaburbs | June 02, 2009 at 01:05 AM
I signed my almost 6-year-old (who just completed Kindergarten) up today and he played for over an hour! What a great way to keep those math skills up over the summer. We'll see how his interest holds out over the 2 week trial... if he's still loving it, we'll probably buy a subscription. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Posted by: runescape gold | June 17, 2009 at 03:11 AM
Looks cool -- I hope they come up with a version for high school math next! (That being the level I teach -- damn I wish I could assign my students to play a video game for their homework.)
There's a lot of drill involved in mastering various math skills, and I strongly suspect that well-designed educational computer games will be the optimal way for students to get this necessary practice. Unfortunately as far as I can tell, these games don't exist yet (at least not at the level I teach)!
Posted by: Alice in Wonderland | June 18, 2009 at 04:07 PM