![]() ![]() The purpose isn't to use a number line, manipulatives, or count on fingers. Edited Novemby LeckaĮdit: and my take is - the purpose is to memorize. She has the easiest time of my kids in learning math facts and could be fine with a lot of things. She has a school account for Sumdog and maybe I will let her switch to it at some point. My daughter is asking for Sumdog - but I am calling her out that she just wants to do subtraction she already knows and not mult/div. But at a certain point he was tired of the games and saying he would rather practice in other ways. My older son did get bored and practiced in other ways at a certain point - but imo Reflex got him over a hump and did tons for his confidence level. I'm not seeing that with my younger son - and having the same predictability and structure is very good for him. Negatives are - maybe some kids honestly get bored of it before going through all the facts. But still I definitely have seen progress in his understanding of the concept!!!!įor my other two kids - I don't think understanding that concept was an issue for them at all but I think if you have students with that issue it could be a benefit. He still doesn't seem to use the fact family to help him solve problems he doesn't know (but he does know other answers in the same fact family). It took months before I saw that but now I see - he gets what a fact family is. Edited Novemby LeckaĪnother plus if you have this issue: it *has* helped my son with the fact family concept. My daughter gets shown the answer a time or two if she has forgotten one, and then she has it and will practice it off and on for the rest of the session - but she rarely or never gets the kind of extra practice my son gets. (It will take him at least two sessions of doing this to start to master a fact, my daughter will start to master a fact just when it is introduced as part of a fact family.) My son gets all this review on almost every fact. up to typing the problem and answer from memory (but able to click "I don't remember" and see it as often as you want). and then going to reviewing the fact family and answering questions with the fact family (answering or filling in blanks). It has different ways of helping - just giving the answering and then re-asking the same question. it adapts so well imo, from watching it with my kids. ![]() Really the best thing is it will go over and over the same problem, and practice it. Still for kids who hate to ever miss anything it would be frustrating I think. The Coach Penny puzzle is timed though but I do consider it gentle and with a lot of review and practice - so I don't think it as frustrating as you might think from hearing that part is timed. It will reset facts too if you miss one - it doesn't hang kids up that way. For other games you can answer any fact you choose and still do good. Some games have a strategy and some don't for games with a strategy it is like - if you want to move left you have to answer that fact. Kids can change games at any time, if a game is too hard my son will just exit immediately and choose a different game. In the instructions it recommends some games as easier for students while others are harder, so you can encourage kids to pick certain games. These aren't timed per se but some games need kids to go faster or to answer a certain fact to do what will work out better in the game. You have a choice of 3 facts to answer and just answer them to do something in the game. It does this almost immediately for my son but only after several attempts for my daughter (as she usually doesn't need the extra practice, and my son usually does). If you miss the same question then it takes you to extra practice on that problem. The box turns yellow, then red, then it shows the answer. Then there are two "Coach Penny Puzzles." This targets a few facts at a time (adapted to the child and the child's learning rate - my daughter will be given more new facts at a time than my son). This is just - they type in the answer no feedback untimed - the student can press the space bar to skip a problem. The way it is set up, first there is a part where it sees what facts to target and which are learned. Other Resources for Learning Challenges.Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages.Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities.Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World.
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