Halcyon Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I have posted about my younger and his math issues before. What I have found is that mixing up the approaches to math (games, online stuff, worksheets) while maintaining a core math spine (in our case, MM) really helps him learn and enjoy math. He recently started using Mathblaster.com and he is enjoying it. I am not a big fan of computer games in general, but I think I need to soften my stance. I require him to obtain a certain number of "points" in the Math Arcade before he can "goof around" in the rest of the world. So far it's fine, but I have no doubt he'll get bored and I was hoping others could point me to some other VR math worlds. I know of dreambox, and we've tried it. It was good for a while, but it seems that we got "stuck" (as many other users have reported) on one type of question, and he couldn't advance. We only used it for the trial month, however. Are there other VR math worlds out there suitable for elementary students? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Julie Smith Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 This thread sounds like it might get interesting. I have no ideas, but I'll bump it up for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Thanks! Maybe I'm the only one resorting to virtual reality to get my younger son to nail down his math facts :tongue_smilie: I even resorted to bribery today: learn all your math facts by the end of March and get a gift certificate to the toy store. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I heard the book "The Number Devil" has a computer game to go with it that can be good. Perhaps that might be something. I personally couldn't get into the book since I'm not good at voices and found it conversing to figure who was talking. I'm also not sure what you mean by Virtual Reality game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 We use Math Rider and Timez Attack / Division Attack and really enjoy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 If you have an iPad, rocket math is fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 thanks, we use Math Rider and it's great. He tried Timez Attack Addition but he topped out of the levels and they said they'll be adding more later, but for now, he's stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Jason Batterson from Beast Academy / AOPS recommended this to me when I asked http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/ But it's not for very young students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 http://www.reflexmath.com/go This one looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 http://www.reflexmath.com/go This one looks good! That does look good! THank you-we're going to try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Jumpstart online has math games with rewards similar to Math Blaster, but it may be too easy. Try looking outside the "learning" box. Take a look at a game called Katsuko and also Nonograms. To learn how to do nonograms you can start with the World Mosaic style games. Once you've mastered how those games work, then at the Nonograms website you can try larger grids either online or printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Jason Batterson from Beast Academy / AOPS recommended this to me when I askedhttp://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/ But it's not for very young students. This is definitely not for the younger crowd, but I'm so glad you posted it. This looks awesome. It looks like it could be as good as Ko's Journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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