If you have a kid who learns asynchronously, you know how frustrating it can be for them to hit those hurdles built by a mismatch of skills. Even if you have a child who learns pretty evenly across the board, it can still be frustrating to have to remember so many new skills at once…
My family recently had the opportunity to try out Gymathics, by Exploramania. Gymnathics is billed as being an “interactive math and exercise experience.” This 30-minute DVD combines math with exercise to get kids moving while improving their math skills. According the Exploramania’s website, “research shows exercise releases neural growth factors in the brain developing connections…
I spent some time this weekend making some multiplication practice games for Josh and Megan. I thought they’d make a nice addition to our workboxes. I got the idea from Jimmie, over at Jimmie’s Collage, in her posts: Learning X9 Facts and Learning X8 Facts, then, I modified them a bit to work with the…
Can I just be honest and blunt with you? Division is kicking our butts over here. Josh, who has always been my math whiz, rarely making even careless mistakes, is really having a hard time with division. It just hasn’t clicked with him yet. He can’t seem to wrap his mind around the fact that…
“Mom, can I play that game on your computer?” If you know me at all, you know I don’t share my computer very readily. However, when the “game” that the kid in question wants to play is actually math drill practice, it’s a whole lot easier to sway me to share my computer time and…
I remember last school year hearing lots of buzz about ALEKS and wondering what it was. I never wondered enough to actually seek to find out because…well, I don’t know. I’m weird like that. I knew it had to do with math and that it was done online, but that’s about it. Now, after spending…
