The music on the one I tried is awesome!!!
Yay! I'm glad you liked it :)
Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade
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#42I can't load any games either and get the error: "Uncaught Error: Audio key "menuMusic" missing from cache" when it happens. Hopefully it's a quick fix as I'd love to check them out closer!
We want you to be able to play! I reported the error you're getting. What type of device are you on. Thank you for the feedback!
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#43Fwiw, in "Numberman's Pizza Party | Addition within 5", after the question (and answer) has changed, clicking on a box with the old (now incorrect) answer yields correct pizza. And the reverse. It seems box correctness is set at creation, rather than reflecting the current question? Which sets up a dynamic of look at question, click on "correct for current question" box, get told it's wrong.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. Play is how basically every other mammal learns. 2. Learning comes easier to people when it's fun, because they're more engaged and receptive. That said, I don't think these games in particular look anything close to optimal. To be fair though, I can't load them either - stuck at 98%.
If you'd be willing to share what type of device you're on that would be super helpful. Thanks for the feedback!
Firefox on an M1 mac.
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#45A plug for "Math from Three to Seven: The Story of a Mathematical Circle for Preschoolers" seems warranted here. It has great ideas for fun things to do with kids as well. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/12689040-math-from-th...
This book is great indeed. Coincidentally, I just published a post where talking about how this book encouraged me to start a little math circle myself: https://boogiemath.org/meta/meta-2
Awesome. Are you doing that in person? I love getting to work with the little ones in person.
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#46Man, takes me back to the days of "The Magic of Multiplication 1" on TI-99/4A: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPUMrmmmUs My sister (four at the time) called it "Mockablecation". It's how I learned my times tables a full year ahead of my class.
Nice! Thanks for showing us this!
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#47Worked very well with 5yo daughter; she and mum thought it was very good ("not too busy, extremely clear").
One small thing that upset daughter (only a little bit) was getting "Game over!" - which I think just meant she'd come to the end of the game, but which she took as "You lost!" (probably as a result of watching older brother play games). If that's right, then consider changing wording to "Well done, you've reached the end of the game!" rather than the (more negative, to many people) "Game over!".
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#48I am willing to pay $1000 for a math game that won't be silly. I'm not even kidding. I tried to find something that would spark interest, captivate, but I had little luck with math games. I wrote my own (if you scroll my comment history) math game/app which is little bit different and partially solves the problem. But I am constantly looking for anything that would be cool, captivating, and educational.
I'm a fan of the DragonBox series. At least their algebra set. Haven't checked out the others. https://dragonbox.com/products/algebra-5 https://dragonbox.com/products/algebra-12
The geometry thing is not bad, a bit like a geo proof quiz.
Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade
#49Worked very well with 5yo daughter; she and mum thought it was very good ("not too busy, extremely clear"). One small thing that upset daughter (only a little bit) was getting "Game over!" - which I think just meant she'd come to the end of the game, but which she took as "You lost!" (probably as a result of watching older brother play games). If that's right, then consider changing wording to "Well done, you've reac…
We just changed it to "Well done!" Great feedback. Thank you!
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#50Is there any evidence, from the academic literature or otherwise, that math games improve educational outcomes? (Sorry, I know that sounds like a wet blanket statement and I am not discouraging the OP from trying to make an impact here. I am just curious.) Also, I tried to play a couple of games (e.g., https://www.mindlygames.com/game/skip-counting-by-5-dino-soa... ), but it has been stuck "loading" for the entire du…
Hi! Any chance you could let me know what type of device your using? We tested on a few after your comment and this might be a really helpful piece of info for us. Thanks for letting us know it isn't loading for you!
Firefox windows (in order.. seems like the first one starts the chain):
- Error decoding audio: menuMusic - The buffer passed to decodeAudioData contains invalid content which cannot be decoded successfully.
- Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: The buffer passed to decodeAudioData contains invalid content which cannot be decoded successfully.
- Uncaught Error: Audio key "menuMusic" missing from cache`