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Tic-tac-toe game for teaching multiplication — If you teach math, you are well aware of how essential it is that students learn basics such as multiplication and division. Of course math shouldn’t be all about rote memorization but if you believe it is a waste of time for students to memorize 9 x 7 = 63 […]

Teaching multiplication: Lesson Plan

August 19, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / multiplication / Third Grade tagged Multiplication Games / teaching multiplication by AnnMaria De Mars

Do you know a student who is struggling with fractions? After playing Fish Lake, he/she will be a fraction master! We’re strong believers that math should be fun and exciting. In Fish Lake, players are challenged to solve fraction and word problems while canoeing through the rapids, avoiding poisonous snakes, […]

7 Day Summer Sale Day 5 – Get 10% Off ...

August 16, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Educational Games / Fish Lake / sale / Summer by Diana Sanchez

Today is day 4 of our 7 Day Summer Sale. Today’s deal is 10% off Spirit Lake. In Spirit Lake, players solve multiplication, division, and geometry word problems while learning about Native American history. Since we know the importance of real-world application while learning math, players must use math to […]

7 Day Summer Sale Day 4 – Get 10% Off ...

August 15, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged sale / Spirit Lake / Summer by Diana Sanchez

Do you know any students who speak Spanish or who want to build their Spanish skills? Bilingual students have stronger cognitive abilities and higher chances of getting employed than their counterparts who only speak one language. Making Camp: Bilingual teaches math and history in Spanish. In the game, players solve challenges and […]

7 Day Summer Sale Day 3 – Get Making Camp ...

August 14, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Educational Games / making camp:bilingual / sale / Summer by Diana Sanchez

If you follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter you know that we are celebrating that it’s still technically summer by having our 7 Day Summer Sale! It’s a summer sale that is also helping you get back-to-school ready. Each day we will be releasing a new deal that will […]

7 Day Summer Sale Day 2 – Get 3 Games ...

August 13, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Educational Games / sale / Summer by Diana Sanchez

Now that it’s August, everyone is getting ready to go back to school. It seems like summer flew by! For teachers, summer meant finally getting to go on vacation, but it probably also meant preparing for the next school year. For parents, it might have meant finally getting to go […]

7 Day Summer Sale Starts Today

August 12, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Educational Games / summer sale by Diana Sanchez

Learn time rate distance problems with grandma — Time-rate-distance problems are word problems that involve the distance an object will travel at a certain average rate for a given period of time. This type of problem drives many students crazy. That’s why we find it so helpful to have multiple examples. Okay, maybe this is a 15-minute lesson, […]

Time-rate-distance problems : 10-minute lesson

July 29, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Mathematics / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade tagged distance problems / time rate distance problems by Daniel Mondaca

You can use doughnuts to teach adding fractions — Our Teachers Pay Teachers site gave us some surprising insight on teachers Did I just say teachers too many times in the same sentence? When people ask me what makes us different at 7 Generation Games, I often reply, because we understand something … Schools exist outside of the Silicon […]

Four Things Teachers Pay Teachers Taught Us

July 25, 2019 in Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Learn division with refrigerator magnets — Intern Diaries contribution from Irma Barcena I remember in kindergarten, I would give my mother my work and she would hang it on the fridge. It varied from art and colored pictures. As I got older, it became assignments and tests where I did well, and eventually only the As […]

From papers on the refrigerator to division magnets

July 23, 2019 in Division / division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Intern Diaries / Math / Mathematics by Julia De Mars

“Let me know if there’s anything I can do…” How many times have you said this to someone? Almost all of us say it, and we usually mean it. Or at least, we mean it to an extent. But how often do we actually ask people to do anything for […]

7 Generation Games “CAN DO”

July 12, 2019 in Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

AnnMaria in woods in Chile — According to a newsletter from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, on average, students lose 2.6 months of learning in math during the summer break. Isn’t that crazy?! They also note that math learning loss is bigger than reading and cuts across all socioeconomic backgrounds. This summer slide results in […]

How to Beat Summer Math Slide

July 9, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Math by Daniel Mondaca

It was a no-brainer, really. Everyone knows that kids lose ground over the summer and kids from disadvantaged homes lose the most, a phenomenon frequently referred to as “summer learning loss” or “summer slide.” So, why not put our technical skills to work and DO something about it? Years ago, concerned about […]

Don’t Get Dumber over the Summer – Summer Learning Loss

July 8, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Holiday by Daniel Mondaca