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You should write a book on parenting

October 15, 2018 in AnnMaria / Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing / Special Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Presenter at NIEA — I go to quite a few conferences but the National Indian Education Association is one of my favorites because they fit with my idea of how education should be. I go to mathematics conferences that are all about – you guessed it – mathematics, and technology conferences that are focused […]

It’s Indian Education – Why I Like the NIEA conference

October 11, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 25, 2016 “Karma Doesn’t Miss You” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. There is a funny sign going around on the Interwebz Hey, Karma – […]

Throwback Thursday: Karma Doesn’t Miss You

October 11, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Game character running through maze — As I said in the previous post, problems with teaching pre-teens math at home can be broadly broken down into two parts, getting your child to DO math and getting your child to LEARN math. Today, we’re going to look at the second part. Let’s talk about word problems. Personally, […]

Not everyone hates word problems

October 8, 2018 in AnnMaria / Math / Special Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Guinea pig — Do you have a problem getting your pre-teen to do math? Over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving you some strategies for the most common challenges. Broadly, these can be broken down into two, getting your child to DO math and getting your child to LEARN math. Let’s look […]

Math without Tears, Problem 1: The attention span of a ...

October 7, 2018 in AnnMaria / Math / Special Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Julia in 7 Generation Games hat — Yes, Irma the Intern may be back in Kansas but I found this draft of a blog post that never got published, so enjoy. Yes we create awesome games that teach math, indigenous history, Spanish, and English! But there’s more to us as a company than the average would person […]

Education is the choice that gives youth choices

October 3, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

Rabbit, next to tree — Making educational software is full of surprises, some good, some bad and some just, well, surprising. The Making Camp series has turned out to be our most popular games, hands down, something I certainly did not expect. Making Camp Bilingual is our most popular bilingual game. Making Camp Ojibwe is […]

Our Most Popular Educational Game Isn’t What I expected

September 26, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from February 1, 2018 “Four things I wish I’d told my children before I peaced out” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m heading to Santiago, Chile […]

Throwback Thursday: Four things I wish I’d told my children ...

September 20, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Life Advice / Throwback Thursday by Sabrena Youngerman

Let’s have a little heart to heart, shall we? We like you, you like us. Life is pretty good, overall. However, there’s one teeny issue. We have 11,000 kids playing our games and we know that is a tiny fraction of the kids who can benefit. Our friends, followers and […]

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September 20, 2018 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

You might be wondering how a study on teaching math in Japan led me to change how I make bilingual math games in Spanish and English. Alright, well, to be honest, you probably weren’t wondering about that at all, were you? You were probably thinking about if you need to […]

Teaching math in Japan, in Spanish or English

September 15, 2018 in AnnMaria / Bilingual Education / Educational Resources / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from August 31, 2017 “How Do You Want People to See You?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. As you may have heard, my lovely daughter got […]

Throwback Thursday: How Do You Want People to See You?

September 13, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Sabrena Youngerman