Parents' Guide to Brain Chase

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Erin Brereton By Erin Brereton , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 8+

Kids embark on a pricey but fun summer learning adventure.

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What's It About?

BRAIN CHASE pairs weekly reading, math, and typing challenges with an ongoing quest: Kids watch young animated adventurers as they travel across the globe, looking for treasure. Kids also receive several treasure-hunting tools in the mail to help with challenges. Teachers provide customized feedback to journal entries that kids submit; kids can customize the level and type of reading and math items they work on. Math exercises are tied to the Khan Academy education site, and kids choose reading selections from MyON.

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Created by two parents who were looking for a way to help their kids continue learning during summer, BRAIN CHASE is a clever, creative -- and, most importantly, fun -- six-week program, starting June 20, 2016 that provides both virtual and real-world payoffs. Kids will undertake weekly math and reading challenges, based on a difficulty level they feel is appropriate, and submit journal entries that teachers provide personalized feedback on. They'll also watch high-quality, engaging videos that feature a team of animated adventurers hunting for treasure -- which contain hidden clues about where an actual treasure is buried.

Kids can submit one guess every 24 hours; the one who submits the right location will be flown to it to dig up the treasure, which includes a key to a safety deposit box containing a $10,000 scholarship. With its prize money, focus on educational skills, and physical activity objects, Brain Chase could just be the solution to combating summer brain drain for students.

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  • Families can talk about solving mysteries, which encourages you to be perceptive and use critical-thinking skills and logic. Ask your child to identify signs that something has just happened in a room -- for example, in the kitchen, how you can tell someone recently cooked breakfast?

  • Many of the site's exercises let you try again until you get the correct answer. Does your child get frustrated after the first try? Talk about the importance of persevering and how it can help you learn new things.

  • Kids can click on a world map to guess the treasure's location. How is it like and different from life in the U.S.? What are the economy, local culture, and attractions like?

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