As they work through the program, students complete timed arithmetic problems, watch instructional videos on new concepts, and solve practice problems. Zearn (grades 1–5), a free, self-paced, web-based program aligned with Eureka Math-a free pre-K through 12 math curriculum-starts a typical lesson with fun warm-up activities, like adding up how many apples a cartoon fox eats, to engage students. Most teachers offer Prodigy as an option for students if they finish an assignment early. Brittney Paige, a fifth-grade teacher in Seattle, says that even though it is more of a game, she likes that it automatically targets math concepts that students struggled with in its preassessment and tracks how much progress they make on target areas. Prodigy is loved by kids, but less so by educators because it is more play based. Students fight monsters in the persona of a wizard in Prodigy (grades 1–8), a free game-based website (also available as an app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android). Tabrizi said that the website is helpful, but she recommends using it in moderation: It can feel tedious for students if they practice longer than 10 minutes a day. To use it, students transform into a dinosaur character and solve math problems to hatch dinosaur eggs.
Blackwelder says the format is easy for kids to navigate and great for short attention spans.Ĭurriculum and instructional designer Cassie Tabrizi recommended Happy Numbers (pre-K–grade 5), a subscription-based website ($14.50 per student or $1,450 per site for first-time schools) that breaks down mathematical equations to help students build understanding of higher-order math concepts. In Moose Math, students play math games that earn them points to help build a town. To help younger students practice skills like counting, addition, and subtraction, Ashley Blackwelder, an elementary STEAM coordinator in South Carolina, highly recommends Moose Math, a free app for iPhones and iPads. A number of math apps and online tools can help students develop the necessary foundational understanding of arithmetic operations they’ll need as a baseline for more challenging math problems later on, math teachers told us.
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