How Native Americans used fractions to catch rabbits. Video from Spirit Lake: The Game. In Spirit Lake, players practice multiplication, division, geometry through word problems while learning about the Native American history of Dakota. Save your tribe from attacks and a spreading epidemic by solving math problems while escaping rabid […]
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It’s the time of year when many families find themselves faced with the decision of what school to attend. Maybe you’re opting to go the private school route. Or maybe you’re in the process of enrolling your child in a preschool. Or maybe your public school system gives you the […]
Picking the Right School for Your Child
We use eggs to explain how to add and multiply fractions with like denominators. Like this video? You’ll love our games! Try them today here In Fish Lake, players practice with fractions while learning math problem-solving strategies. They’ll also be introduced to Native American history. Watch out for poisonous snakes! […]
VIDEO – Adding and Multiplying Fractions With Like Denominators
Last post, I talked a little bit about why students are not learning math. So, my question here is, how much do you care? No, this is not another rant on how kids would all learn if their teachers cared more, but it is a serious question. Unless you are […]
How Much Do You Care if Your Kids Learn Math?
When I went to the National Conference on Education last week, one question I wanted answered was , “Why are students not learning math?” I came away with two, related answers. One is that many middle school students have a lot of mental health and substance abuse issues – both […]
I think I know why your students aren’t learning math
What do you do on snow days, rainy days and just days when your kids seem to have a little too much energy to sit still? How about a scavenger hunt where they run around and learn their numbers in Spanish and English all while learning how to use an […]
Counting Scavenger Hunt: Ten-Minute Lesson
Our first app for pre-school age and up teaches counting in English and Spanish. Kids will love seeing virtual numbers pop up in their real world in this new app from 7 Generation Games and Strong Mind Studios. Bring numbers to life in two languages in this interactive augmented reality […]
Introducing Counting by 2 Languages
Not knowing the proper division terms can lead to very big problems! Watch this video from our game Making Camp Premium to see why we need to learn division. Also, you’ll learn some division vocabulary such as dividend, divisor, quotient, and remainder, that will definitely help you. Check it out! […]
VIDEO – Division Terms
The session I most wanted to attend at the National Conference on Education was on addressing opioid abuse. It did not disappoint as the presenter, Dr. Ember Conley provided not just a lot of information I didn’t know but also tangible steps that communities can take. She also gave a […]
Steps to Stopping the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from NCE
What’s an antonym? An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. Adjectives can have antonyms. So can adverbs and verbs . Did you know that sometimes you can make a word into its antonym just by adding a prefix? Don’t know what a prefix is? Watch […]
Ten minute lesson: Antonyms
Watch this video if you would like to learn how to visualize to solve your problems or at least your math problems. We can’t help you with the other stuff, although visualizing can help you achieve many other goals! For now, we are learning how to visualize math problems with […]
VIDEO- Problem Solving: Visualize
Attention! This throwback post is all the way from 2014! Can you imagine? I do not remember that far back, but I barely remember last year and this one has only just begun so what we learned today is I have a poor memory. But we can learn even more […]