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Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

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Fwiw, 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.

Yup, that caught me off guard, too. Perhaps a solution would be to have a gap where the old pizzas finish but no new ones are added, then change the prompt and start new pizzas when the screen is empty. Another problem I saw in that game: At one point the prompt was 50 45 __ 35 but it wanted me to click on 30. That was in the Skip Counting By 5 game.

This is a great catch. Thank you. We are cooking up a solution!

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

#72
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This is awesome. Will put my K and 2nd grader on it later. But also, your website is fast . I know it's all static and pretty easy to do, but yet most people get it wrong, so kudos to you on that!

Thanks. We have some engineering superheros to thank for that. Really appreciate the feedback and compliment:)

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

#73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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. Good on you! The kids are lucky that you organized one. Edit: Just looked through your website. Love the math and the satire. Keep it up!

I just read through it too! Love the comedy. And I don’t think the kids were lucky not to have you as a teacher! They would have been lucky to have you! I’m sorry you got side tracked by the pandemic there.

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

#74
My 14 year old son was frustrated with "Fun" math games as they were not really fun. So he started building his own games in p5.js and recently he launched these games at https://thegamebox.ca/ He has been making these games since he was 10yo, so there is a progression in quality. Last game he made is not a math game but a puzzle game (Red Remover) he used to play and love when he was very young and was no longer available. He has done all the graphics as well for these games.

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

#75
Cool stuff!

I'm actually in the process of writing a game for my nephew, who is turning 9.

My game is going to be more about going to school and encourage him to have fun learning and socialising; perhaps shooting zombies, protecting/getting power-up from the school, collecting books for points.

He lives in a poor household where the mother doesn't want to do anything that isn't life-or-death. The kids (he's oldest of 3) are alive regardless of going to school,and the mother didn't need school, so there's a real need for some sort of external encouragement to push beyond that.

It seems trite, but I do wish that fortnite had some "stay in school" message, even just in the title sequence / main menu.

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

#76

My 14 year old son was frustrated with "Fun" math games as they were not really fun. So he started building his own games in p5.js and recently he launched these games at https://thegamebox.ca/ He has been making these games since he was 10yo, so there is a progression in quality. Last game he made is not a math game but a puzzle game (Red Remover) he used to play and love when he was very young and was no longer ava…

This is amazing! well done to him!

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

#77

My 14 year old son was frustrated with "Fun" math games as they were not really fun. So he started building his own games in p5.js and recently he launched these games at https://thegamebox.ca/ He has been making these games since he was 10yo, so there is a progression in quality. Last game he made is not a math game but a puzzle game (Red Remover) he used to play and love when he was very young and was no longer ava…

Wow, these games would be impressive for a college kid to be making!

Re: Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade

#80

I 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.

check out supermathworld.com - it's discontinued now but it sounds like this is the type of game you're looking for.
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