Scholastic Math Missions w/card game, age K-2

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Product Features

• Build real-world math skills and earn money for arcade games!
• Thousands of math challenges and word problems
• 3 action-packed arcade games
• Automatically adjusts according to your child¿s progress
• Supports National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards for grades 3-5

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002J6HV0
• Item model number: 078073704651
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 25, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #180 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

When real-world math meets real-life fun, kids can’t help but learn! This action-packed adventure combines challenging plot-based math activities with irresistible arcade-style games. A memorable--and valuable--math experience.

From the bus to the ferry to the toy store and beyond, Math Missions: The Race to Spectacle City Arcade leads youngsters on a stimulating learning journey of discoveries and rewards. A fun, urban environment sets the stage for 12 exciting activities like sorting toys and counting candy. Each accomplishment yields cash kids can use for still more fun at the virtual arcade!

Features:

• Explore 12 activities with three levels of challenge
• Tackle thousands of tough math puzzles and word problems
• Learn fast--the level of challenge automatically increases to match your progress
• Use handy hints to get through tough spots without frustration
• Celebrate your accomplishments with motivating progress reports
• Math Missions supports the educational standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Power up for early math success! Math Missions: The Spectacle City Arcade covers the full range of early math concepts.

• Counting
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Early division
• Classification and sorting
• Logic and reasoning
• Problem solving
• Money
• Measurement
• Early geometry
• Time
• Temperature
• Navigation and directions

Looking for the ideal math tutorial for grades K through 2? Mission accomplished. Every facet of this colorful program is designed to nurture a positive, enthusiastic attitude toward learning mathematics. Blending real-world challenge with arcade-style entertainment, Math Missions teaches kids that math, like fun, is all around us.

A bonus math card game is included.

Product Description

Use real world math skills to earn money for arcade games! Catch the bus, subway or ferry to travel the city and tackle fun math challenges in the stores of Spectacle City. Build addition, subtraction, fractions and problem solving skills while constructing a skyscraper, sorting toys at the toy store, counting types of candy at the outdoor market and more. Earn money for each correct answer¿then use it to play exciting games in the arcade! Free Inside! What¿s My Change Card Game includes 20 self-checking cards that help kids learn about money!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun way to practice math, August 7, 2009

By	L. Mitchell (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this game for some extra math practice in the summer. My six-year-old is a math whiz (she is already doing basic multiplication and division in her head), and enjoys playing the medium and hard levels of the game. My 4-year-old doesn't read yet, but can do most of the easy level problems. The game reads all of the instructions out loud, so he just has to listen carefully to the task.

I like the fact that you can install the game on the hard drive and all your progress is saved, and it supports multiple players. Each completed task earns money for the players to use in the arcade, which only becomes available after the player has completed every task at least once. You can complete the tasks in any order, and revisit any task at any time. There is a map on the help screen to keep track of which tasks have been completed. The arcade games are also somewhat educational, testing memory (Monster Memory Match resembles the electronic Simon game), visual perception (Bug Bomber is a lot like Bejeweled), and eye-hand coordination(Big Top Bounce is like Break Away).

The games include:
1. Filling orders at a toy store, learning place value and borrowing
2. Completing window patterns on the skyscraper, much like tangrams
3. Sorting animals at a pet store based on number of legs, color, or pattern
4. Selecting items at a bulk grocery store, testing greater or less than; small, medium, and large; and equivalent quantities
5. Filling candy orders with the right number of each candy (and at the higher levels, choosing the right size box to fill)
6. Sorting pies, which uses basic multiplication and division
7. Making smoothies, correctly measuring ingredients
8. Weighing fish, comparing different weight combinations
9. Measuring fruits and vegetables, using a ruler and comparing lengths
10. Riding the bus, counting out exact change
11. Riding the subway, finding the correct stop number
12. Riding the ferry, setting the clock to the correct time

The game is full of animations to explain every task or thank you for helping out. Fortunately, you can skip over any animation by hitting the Escape key. There is a help icon in the corner if you need extra information for any task. All in all, my kids really like it, and it seems like a good way to reinforce some basic math skills. I like it enough that I am planning to purchase the version for grades 3-5, as well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game for the little ones, September 5, 2009

By	S. Block (Walnut Creek, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My 6 year old mastered the Math Missions 3-5 so I got this K-2 game for his 4 year old sister. Both kids love this game. Sometimes I have to pry them off the computer! A very good choice for your 4-7 year old!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Fun Game for Kids, September 3, 2009

By	Timothy R. Robertson "Family man" (Alabama) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was a little nervous about buy this at first. Then when my 4 year old boy who is very bright and a computer whiz got a hold of it he just loves it. Almost every day we have to pry him off to come eat. My son loves computer games like first person mystery, shooter, and platform games and I thought that he might get bored with this game. What a surprise to me when he likes playing it more then his platform and shooter games. He has had this for 3 weeks and has now moved on to lvl 2 of all the games. There are 3 lvls for every game. Each lvl requires different ways to solve a problem and makes the game that more fun. The game is full of happy, positive reinforcement animation, and funny little things that you can do while playing the game. We love it and will buy the 3-5 grade probably in a few months for him. I have seen a huge difference in my sons eagerness to learn math with everything around him. He just can't get enough. Now I need to find a game as wonderful as this one for reading. Oh and my son will be in Kindergarten this coming school year in 2010. He is going to rock at math.