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The initial release several years ago of A Maths Dictionary for Kids was impressive enough, with its flash-based games to teach kids dozens of mathematical concepts. Now, Jenny Eather has gone one step further with a standards-driven website called "Rainforest Maths", built again in flash and using the best interactive activities money normally buys. The difference here from other commercial products is the cost - free!
If only more teachers could learn flash animation and action scripting skills so they could put their subject knowledge into full colour and clickable fun as Jenny has done. I have no doubt that primary (k-6) age kids would devour this content and plan to put it to use with my eldest two sons, seven and five years old. Will report back here on the results and possibly interview them to see what they think.
If only more teachers could learn flash animation and action scripting skills so they could put their subject knowledge into full colour and clickable fun as Jenny has done. I have no doubt that primary (k-6) age kids would devour this content and plan to put it to use with my eldest two sons, seven and five years old. Will report back here on the results and possibly interview them to see what they think.
7 comments:
My class love that site- lots of noise and colour and movement- appeals to 8-9 year olds.
Follow the link to my class website so you can see the sorts of things we have been doing over the last couple of years!
Allanah K
My school uses this site a lot too. Some teachers use it as a way of assessing the younger students using the interactive whiteboard. I use it as individual contract work with my Stage 3 students. It's brilliant because students can use lower grade games for remediation, and the higher grades when they want "stretching".
Hi Jason, great to meet you on the webcast this morning, I really enjoyed hearing your ideas
Hi Jason - just dropping by the say hello and good luck with your Online CPD Day, I hope that you managed to get the people you wanted to speak to your group : )
Paul
Yes, Yes, Yes!!
My students LOVE this site - it's one of our favourites... and best of all it's free!!
Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to use it with my class!
Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to use it with my class!
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