MathBlaster, an award-winning 3D virtual world by Knowledge Adventure, aims to blend learning and entertainment by inspiring minds through immersed play. This is how MathBlaster describes their program for ages 6-12: “…as new recruits at the prestigious Blaster Academy, kids will play arcade-style math games and race through high-speed missions with the help of a [...]
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Review: Anno’s Math Books
It is very difficult to find living math books that present complex topics in an accessible way. One math author whose books we have learned to love is Mitsumasa Anno. Anno believes “that mathematics is more than merely manipulating numbers, it is a way of thinking, and that it has bearing on all scholastic subjects, [...]
Review: Mathletics
When I was asked to review Mathletics, my children were excited. They had used and loved this math program/curriculum before. Now Mathletics has a few more features, as well as another award, the ComputED Gazette’s 17th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES) – Best Home-School Math Website. As I wrote in my earlier review, “Mathletics by 3P [...]
Review: Summer Survival Guide
“Years ago when my three oldest were just little guys, I realized that I wanted to mark the passing of summer in some really fun ways. Since we had chosen to homeschool, the line between life and learning has been very faint. But, I wanted them to make special summer memories that made that season [...]
Curriculum Choice Review: Dover Coloring Books
We have many, many Dover coloring books, and they have changed the life of at least one of our children. Miss 12 spends hours carefully coloring fashions of the past. She has learned so much history simply from studying the pictures and reading the captions. In fact, when she looks at paintings she can date [...]
Review: Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places
When I was a young mom, I wanted some guidelines to teach my preschoolers in a fun, low-key way using things we had around the house. I bought several books, read several more from the library, and used my imagination, but what I really needed was something like Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Ideal Curriculum Preschool Kit
Learning happens. It need not be formalized and organized at an early age. If loving parents read to their child, spend time outside together, encourage him to help in the kitchen and yard, take him along on errands, and just generally live alongside their child, he will develop optimally and at his own pace, [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Super Star Games
I like using games to learn and review. However, most learning games are expensive, difficult to find, and complicated to use. I am thankful to review two Super Star Game Bundles, because these games are priced right, fun, and easy to use. Our family received all eleven Super Star Games produced by Debbie Lot [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World
Wiglington and Wenks is an online virtual world for travelers aged 7 to 14. It is meant to be a safe, educational site for kids to learn and play. Children travel all over the world and through the ages, searching for famous historical people. These people, from Buffalo Bill to Beethoven, have lost [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Balance Benders Beginning
The Beginning Level of Balance Benders: Logic and Algebraic Reasoning Puzzles is the first in a series of four logic books meant to be ‘more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles.’ However, the goal is not only fun, for the website claims these slim booklets also help students of all ages with algebra and [...]
