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Our last “teacher feature” starred 7th grade English teacher Tammy Green,recognizing her for all of her hard work. This month, we are spotlighting second grade teacher Samanntha Davis for the amazing energy she brings to her students each and every day. Samanntha was nominated by her mom, Paula, who sent us […]

Amazing Teachers Make a Difference: Samanntha Davis, Second Grade Teacher

April 3, 2018 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Newsletter tagged teachers / teaching by Hannah Wren

Too often the focus on kids’ sports means that sports becomes the only focus. It’s a reality 7 Generation Games founder and president AnnMaria De Mars saw over and over again in her 30-plus years involved in judo at the most elite level, as an athlete (1984 World Champion), coach […]

Why A Strong Mind Is as Important as A Strong ...

April 3, 2018 in 7GenGames / Strong Body Strong Mind by Maria Burns Ortiz

Will you be among the 100,000 or so folks descending upon the Big Easy for Wrestlemania 34 this weekend? So will we. Let’s “meetup”! If you haven’t heard, our amazing investor/alpha tester/daughter/sister Ronda Rousey is making her official WWE debut as part of pro wrestling’s biggest annual event. But you […]

Heading to Wrestlemania? Join us for a 7 Generation Games ...

April 2, 2018 in 7GenGames / Events / Strong Body Strong Mind by Maria Burns Ortiz

At 7 Generation Games, we don’t believe athletic and academic success are mutually exclusive. We think they should be one in the same. Now, we’re working with youth sports clubs and programs to make that a reality, launching our “Strong Body, Strong Mind” program aimed at kids ages 8-14. “Strong […]

Introducing “Strong Body, Strong Mind” With 7 Generation Games

April 2, 2018 in 7GenGames / Strong Body Strong Mind by Maria Burns Ortiz

Coffee cup with llamas — If you have been following AnnMaria’s Chilean Adventure, you know that the topic of discussion has been coming up with a new name under which to sell our games in the Latin American market. I asked my colleagues at Start-up Chile if they liked Estudio 7 Llamas o 7 Llamas […]

A new English name to sell in Spanish-speaking countries

April 1, 2018 in Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone! It’s that time again, time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from our Teachers Pay Teachers site and it has to do with multiplying fractions. This powerpoint teaches you what a denominator is, how to multiply fractions with like denominators and walks you through examples. You can […]

Freebie Friday: Multiplying Fractions with Turtle Eggs

March 30, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 1, 2016 “Eight Things My Mom Did Right” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. One thing we learn to do as we get older is […]

Throwback Thursday: Eight Things My Mom Did Right

March 29, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Plaza de las Armas — How it went when we tried to come up with a name for our Latin American subsidiary

What’s in a name? Apparently not llamas

March 27, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Hi everyone, it’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is associated with Fish Lake and it is a historical photo. The historical photo is of Hole-in-the-Day (Younger). Hole-in-the-Day (Younger) was a prominent chief of the Mississippi Band of the Ojibwe(Chippewa) of central Minnesota. He was their chief until assassinated […]

Freebie Friday: Hole-in-the-day Photo

March 23, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from February 28, 2016 “Random facts about me you may not know” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. It’s a Sunday afternoon, so I thought I would […]

Throwback Thursday: Random facts about me you may not know

March 22, 2018 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

We talk a lot about education in our posts – because, well, we’re an educational video game company. But we’re also a video game company. And our goal is to make educational games that truly embody what it is to be a video game – from design to graphics to […]

Observations from GDC 2018

March 22, 2018 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

I did my first Facebook Live Friday with our Project Manager, Diana, last week. By the end of the day, the video had over 200 views (Diana, we’re famous)! Missed the interview? Don’t worry, you can still get to know Diana by reading about her below. Hannah: As Project Manager, […]

Our Project Manager, Diana, has a headband for every holiday

March 21, 2018 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries tagged 7 Generatio Games / Diana / Project manager by Hannah Wren