Math is one of the scariest subjects for most students, they sit their scared to answer incase they are wrong. Students spent more time focused on dwelling in their errors or trying to play catch up than engaged and learning. I was one of these students, but now as a teacher math is by far my favourite subject to teach.
Game based learning has taken the fear out of math and allows students to work without being intimidated. These sites provide a creative, fun and non intimidating setting for students to learn AND THEY ARE ALL FREE!!!
XtraMath is a great website that helps students practise and learn basic computations. It also provides teachers/students reports each week on your child's progress.
MangaHigh is another fun site that has hundreds of games that follows the Ontario Curriculum. Teachers can set challenges based curriculum expectations and track students progress.
Prodigy is a great website that is similar to mangahigh, but the students have challenges (still set by the teacher) all in the same role playing game (RPG). As your students answer questions they earn points to buy materials such as costumes and accessories for their character.
