Comments on: Summer Math Activities for Kids

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:46:22 +0000

In reply to Think Through Math. thanks for sharing!

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:46:06 +0000

In reply to Jeff Holmes.

thanks! My email is melissa@imaginationsoup.net

By: Think Through Math

Think Through Math — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:06:45 +0000

Fun and interesting math games such as these are also a great way to reduce the dreaded summer slide. It’s important that parents and educators encourage kids, particularly those without access to summer learning programs or online resources, to participate in these activities to keep them thinking mathematically while out of school. Research suggests that kids – particularly those in low-income areas – lose 2.5 to 3 full months of grade level math equivalency over summer break. Scary statistics, but it’s great to see things like this being shared to help reduce the impact of learning decay. Thanks, Melissa! Keep up the great work.

Here’s a short list of free summer math activities we put together: https://www.thinkthroughmath.com/math-activities-summer/

Thanks again.

By: Jeff Holmes

Jeff Holmes — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:38:53 +0000

Hi Melissa,

My wife and I have just created a new math app (Box Drop Math Addition) and I’d love to hear what you think about it or if you would consider writing a review. The focus is on improving basic addition skills by engaging kids in a challenging box stacking game. We’ve also included a graph that shows progress towards mastery for equations from 1 to 10. I can provide a promo code if you send me an email. Here is a YouTube video overview of the app:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrBLlFxR4Ao