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DreamBox Learning Math
- Windows, Mac
- Price: $12.95/month
- Genre: Educational
Common Sense Media says
Online math game adjusts in difficulty as you play.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that DreamBox Learning Math is an educational math game for grades K-5 that adjusts to your child's math competency as they play. It is played online without requiring a download, so it is available from any computer with a broadband connection. The game sends regular updates to parents' email.
What kids can learn
Kids can learn about arithmetic, number patterns, and other mathematical concepts in this online math game. A wide variety of themed games teach kids how to count, add, subtract, multiply, divide, measure, do fractions, and more. The concepts and games presented are categorized between kindergarten and grade 5; and the program automatically and dynamically adjusts the difficulty of challenges based on your child's performance. DreamBox Learning Math's thoughtful design of adjusting the material presented based on each child's performance makes this a great resource for teaching math in a personal and sequential manner.
Subjects
- Language & Reading
- Matharithmetic, estimation, fractions, graphing, measurement, patterns
- Science
- Social Studies
- Arts
- Hobbies
Skills
- Thinking & Reasoninganalyzing evidence, deduction, part-whole relationships, problem solving
- Creativity
- Self-Directionacademic development, personal growth, work to achieve goals
- Emotional Development
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Responsibility & Ethics
- Tech Skills
- Health & Fitness
What's it about?
DREAMBOX LEARNING MATH is a subscription-based educational software game that plays directly from the internet with no download. It has a powerful recommendation engine which tracks how kids play through the educational content and adjusts on the fly to present kids with a math curriculum that it most appropriate for them. Featuring over 720 individual math activities for grades K-5, there are millions of different paths a child can take. After parents create an account at www.DreamBox.com, their kids play by choosing an avatar and the theme of their adventure (animals, pixies, pirates, or dinosaurs). Then it is off to explore a cartoon world that resembles a board game where each math activity represents a space on the board. Depending on how a child does while playing a math activity, the game will offer new math activities based on past performance, so the game dynamically adjusts to the child's need.
Is it any good?
DreamBox Learning Math is phenomenal in adjusting its content to meet the needs of its users. Plus instead of simply clicking on right answers, the game draws kids into the process of making the right answer by utilizing virtual math manipulatives. Kids are motivated to play to move the story along. They also earn tokens to use at a separate carnival area full of wacky but educational games.
DreamBox Learning Math is serious educational software. The cartoony world is charming, but this is a game that is more about learning. It will work with all kids in the target range of 5-11-year-olds because if kids are good at math, they will revel in the challenges the game gives them; and if they are struggling, the game presents extra help and new ways to look at that difficult math concept. If appropriate, the game will quit the child out of a too hard activity (in a positive way) and present easier material. Parents will appreciate the Parental Dashboard, a special area where they can get feedback on how their kids are doing.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about which adventure the child went on: with pirates, dinosaurs, animals, or pixies. Why did you select the one you did? Did you like playing the adventure or the carnival games better?
Families can also talk about how playing Math Games makes learning math fun.
What kids can learn
Kids can learn about arithmetic, number patterns, and other mathematical concepts in this online math game. A wide variety of themed games teach kids how to count, add, subtract, multiply, divide, measure, do fractions, and more. The concepts and games presented are categorized between kindergarten and grade 5; and the program automatically and dynamically adjusts the difficulty of challenges based on your child's performance. DreamBox Learning Math's thoughtful design of adjusting the material presented based on each child's performance makes this a great resource for teaching math in a personal and sequential manner.
Subjects
- Language & Reading:
- Math: arithmetic, estimation, fractions, graphing, measurement, patterns
- Science:
- Social Studies:
- Arts:
- Hobbies:
Skills
- Thinking & Reasoning: analyzing evidence, deduction, part-whole relationships, problem solving
- Creativity:
- Self-Direction: academic development, personal growth, work to achieve goals
- Emotional Development:
- Communication:
- Collaboration:
- Responsibility & Ethics:
- Tech Skills:
- Health & Fitness:
How kids will learn
Kids will learn by working their way through hundreds of simple games that make math fun. Younger kids may be challenged to, say, set up yardage markers on a race course, then move frogs back and forth across it by clicking numbers that correspond to the distance they want to hop. Older kids, meanwhile, will be challenged with harder tasks, like sorting loose items into boxes of ten, cases of 100, and pallets of 1000. Parents and teachers can track kids' progress and adjust the experience as they see fit.
How parents can help
- Watch your kids play so you can glean a better understanding of which mathematical operations they may be having trouble with, and why.
- Ask your child's teacher for a math unit schedule so that you know what your kids are currently working on in school, then direct them toward relevant challenges within the game.
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Parent of 5 year old
August 28, 2009
AGE
my 5 year old son loves it!
my 5 year old son could quickly play on his own and didn't want to quit!
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Educator and Parent of 7 and 11 year old
April 17, 2011
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fun and educational
My 7 year old enjoys playing it about every second day and I like the parent information it gives. It offers games according to your child's ability and then moves them forward.
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Parent of 5, 8, and 17 year old
March 7, 2011
AGE
Great for K through 3rd graders
My kids love to play Dreambox. They ask for computer time and are learning math! Price is very reasonable, especially if you buy the 6 month package. I heartily endorse this site. My kindergartener is already in the 1st grade curriculum.
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Parent of 2 and 7 year old
January 4, 2010
AGE
Love it and she is learning math!
I think this is a smart way to teach math to a child. The math lessons use fun and challenge to get the child learning.
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Parent of 7 year old
April 11, 2010
AGE
ok for 5+
I was not sure but it was jus enough to pass for me.
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Parent of 6 year old
March 5, 2010
AGE
Super fun and confidence building
My sweet girl loves Dreambox Learning. It has been a great way to challenge her and keep her interested in math. I have seen her applying concepts to everyday problems and she is now far ahead of the other children in her class. Her favorite part of playing is how the game rewards her with tokens, certificates, etc and tracking her progress. Well worth the money!
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| Platforms: | Windows, Mac |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Educational |
| Developer: | DreamBox Learning |
| Release date: | January 27, 2009 |
| Price: | $12.95/month |
| ESRB rating: | NR for (Mac, Windows) |
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