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Forget about battling the holiday shopping crowds. For Black Friday, 7 Generation Games is offering a holiday special where you can get 30% off any order by using the code: 7GGBF30 This is the best deal of the year! Not only do you save, but in the holiday spirit of giving, for every game […]

Black Friday Special!

November 23, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games by Diana Sanchez

Julia in Boston Common — “English Opens Doors” – I love that title “English opens doors” (or, in Spanish, “inglés abre puertas”) is a program in Chile that promotes learning English. I love their name because they really “get it”. Education is the key to a bigger, wider life. Normally, I write about teaching math . […]

Better English Opens Doors to a Better Future

October 31, 2018 in AnnMaria / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 13, 2015 “Education is More Important than World Titles” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I love Ronda Rousey as much as the next person does. In […]

Throwback Thursday: Education is More Important than World Titles

October 25, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Educational Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

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

If you're like me, always looking for a good book for the kids, maybe you'll like this one about Ojibwe clans.

Books We Love: Ojibway Clans

October 11, 2018 in 7GenGames / Book Club / Educational Games / Educational Resources by Maria Burns Ortiz

Life is hard enough without having to install software. That’s why we’re making more and more of our games playable at the click of a button. No, seriously, it’s that easy. Check it out below. MAKING CAMP: OJIBWE (Grades 3-4) Click here to play MAKING CAMP OJIBWE now! (It’s free!) […]

Just Click and Play, It’s That Easy

October 9, 2018 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math by Maria Burns Ortiz

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

In the world of video games, there are so many different options it’s nearly impossible to know every single one. Because of this, it’s nearly impossible to know which games are ok for your children to be playing. With all of the violent video games out there, this is crucial […]

We Just Got the Family-Friendly Seal of Approval From Google ...

September 25, 2018 in Bilingual Education / Educational Games tagged Bilingual / Bilingual Game / Educational Games / Making Camp Bilingual by Sabrena Youngerman

Making Camp Premium, the newest game from 7 Generation Games, has won the Parent and Teacher Choice Award for Best Mobile App from HowtoLearn.com. The Parent and Teacher Choice Awards honors the best in educational products and services. Making Camp Premium was unanimously selected by the parent and teacher judges […]

Making Camp Premium Wins Parent and Teacher Choice Award!

August 28, 2018 in Educational Games / Educational Resources by Sabrena Youngerman

words activities from Making Camp Premium — What do grammar fixes in our games and not swearing at your students have in common? Now, you, Ms. or Mr. 5th Grade Teacher, have probably never even considered telling Emma or Devon or D’emery that you are going to skin them alive and send the hides home to their […]

Because Details Matter: 100 little tweaks and not swearing at ...

August 16, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Here’s the vicious circle, few people like to do things they do very poorly, but it takes practice to get good which they don’t want to do because they are bad at math/ English/ violin/ whatever. It’s amazing that anyone learns anything, isn’t it? We can learn a lot about […]

Helping kids like school: There’s an app for that

August 5, 2018 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s the end of the week and that means that it’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from our AzTech Games series and it’s clip art of a Mayan pyramid. The Mayan pyramid artwork can be seen below and used to start a lesson on the Mayan or […]

Freebie Friday: Mayan pyramid clip art

June 22, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez