Drilling math facts can be such a drudgery! I think it ranks right up there with reviewing spelling words as far as my kids are concerned. Timed tests and drills get so boring after doing them over and over. Math Rider is a great, downloadable, innovative game to help kids drill math facts without realizing they are drilling. Here is a little description from the Math Rider website:
Ride your horse on noble quests through the magical MathLands. MathRider combines fun game play with a highly sophisticated question engine that adapts to your child. The game propels your child to mastery of all four math operations using numbers 0 to 12.
I would compare the fantasy/quest elements of the game to something along the lines of King Arthur tales or Lord of the Rings type tales (very much scaled down). There is no violence in the quests. Children navigate their horse through the quests by correctly answering math fact
questions. It took my daughter a few minutes to get used to navigating her horse and to get her timing down, but, once she was acclimated she really excelled. I have seen a great improvement in her speed and accuracy since she has been using the game. Parents have access to statistics to track their child's progress. Math Rider is available currently for $37. It is a download product. Multiple children can play games once you have downloaded the software. The download was really simple for me. Computer system requirements are listed on 
the Math Rider website. I would recommend this game to any child who needs extra drill and review of their math facts. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts from 0-12 are covered in the program. There is even a video preview on the Math Rider website. For more information about the Math Rider program, go to http://mathrider.com/. To see what other TOS crew members have to say about the program, go to http://homeschoolblogger.com/homeschoolcrew/783766/.
Ride your horse on noble quests through the magical MathLands. MathRider combines fun game play with a highly sophisticated question engine that adapts to your child. The game propels your child to mastery of all four math operations using numbers 0 to 12.
I would compare the fantasy/quest elements of the game to something along the lines of King Arthur tales or Lord of the Rings type tales (very much scaled down). There is no violence in the quests. Children navigate their horse through the quests by correctly answering math fact
questions. It took my daughter a few minutes to get used to navigating her horse and to get her timing down, but, once she was acclimated she really excelled. I have seen a great improvement in her speed and accuracy since she has been using the game. Parents have access to statistics to track their child's progress. Math Rider is available currently for $37. It is a download product. Multiple children can play games once you have downloaded the software. The download was really simple for me. Computer system requirements are listed on the Math Rider website. I would recommend this game to any child who needs extra drill and review of their math facts. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts from 0-12 are covered in the program. There is even a video preview on the Math Rider website. For more information about the Math Rider program, go to http://mathrider.com/. To see what other TOS crew members have to say about the program, go to http://homeschoolblogger.com/homeschoolcrew/783766/. **I have received no compensation from TOS or Math Rider in exchange for this review. The opinions expressed are my own.**
3 comments:
We reviewed this one, too. I think I liked it more than my boys.
We reviewed this one too. I like that it is math drills without being boring.
We didn't review this one, but I think my horse loving girls would have liked it.
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