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I'm interested too. My 8 year old son hates math. I've tried introducing him to some of the apps like Scratch and its ilk, but he's not interested. The closest
by maroonblazer 12y ago
I'm interested too.
My 8 year old son hates math. I've tried introducing him to some of the apps like Scratch and its ilk, but he's not interested. The closest I've successfully come is using the blocks in Minecraft to illustrate why/how multiplication is not simply repeated addition.
- GregBuchholz 12y agoSpeaking of Minecraft, you might want to check out something like: http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/2014/05/minecraft-graphics-turtle.html http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/2014/05/minecraft-graphics-tur... ...my goal is to eventually get something like that working with FMS Logo.
- seanflyon 12y agoTake a look at DragonBox (http://www.dragonboxapp.com/ http://www.dragonboxapp.com/). It does a great job of presenting algebra as more than just arithmetic and wrote memorization.