Most parents I know regardless of their child’s schooling dread the first few weeks back to school in the fall. Summer seems to bring a case of amnesia for kids when it comes to spelling words, punctuation, and math facts!
This summer your child can practice their math facts and even learn new skills when they visit Math Blaster’s virtual world. Created by the folks at Knowledge Adventure (think Jumpstart) this virtual world allows kids to create a character and save the universe solving math problems along they way. I set my kids up with an account and they had a great time playing the games. I didn’t tell them it was actually “school” and they didn’t ask!
As with all Knowledge Adventure products, parent’s have access to the child’s account and can see what their kids are doing online. There is even a parent blog where you can interact with the folks at Math Blaster and make suggestions to improve the site. There are multiple levels and the games are appropriate for kids ages 6 to 12. Personally my 7, 9, and 10 year olds had a good time trying out the game and solving the problems.
My favorite game, and one all my kids need to play more- fractions!
I tried out the games and I was impressed at how math problems were presented in a fun way. If your child needs some math review this summer Math Blaster is worth trying out. My kids love computer games, and I love it when they actually learn something instead of just shooting aliens for a half hour. Math Blaster is a free site, but you can upgrade to a paid version for more games and options.
I have a six-month membership to Math Blaster to give away to one reader. To enter leave a comment. Giveaway ends April 29, 2011.
Disclosure: I was provided with a membership good for Math Blaster and Knowledge Adventure at no cost by Knowledge Adventure in order to test the products’ abilities and give my own personal opinions on it. The opinions I have given are mine and may differ from others but were not influenced by the company or the free product. provided
I would love this for my son this summer. If we don’t keep working on skills, he will lose them! He needs consistency and this would be a fun way to maintain math skills.
This would be perfect for keeping polished on skills over the summer!
My kids can use all the math help we can get
My son would love this. His birthday is Friday! This would be awesome!
I would love this for my 4 little kiddos for the summer. They could really use it to help them keep up with their math. Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to try this out for my 5, 7, and 10 year old!
This would be great for my kiddos.
Looks like this would be a fun way to review math facts. My kids would love it!
Would LOVE this!!
I used to play the very early Math Blaster games back when I was in elementary school. My siblings and I all loved playing it! So, if it’s still as good as it was back then, I would highly endorse it! I mean, if they made a copy for college-level math classes, I’d buy it so I could “procrastinate” but still feel like I was studying…
Looks like fun! I’m looking for math practice ideas for my 1st grader over the summer, and this would be great!
I have been researching math programs for the summer. It looks like this one would fit the bill. Thanks for offering it for a giveaway!
I would love to try this with my kids!
Oh, this would be perfect!!! My son is a really strong reader but we’ve noticed lately that his math skills are lagging a bit. I would love a fun way to boost those skills!
Thanks for the chance to win. My 10, 9, 7, 6 yos would think it’s Christmas in Springtime!! A one of my boys would relish the opportunity to ‘blast’ something in the name of school. Math doesn’t come easy for him and this would be a great encouragement to his progress.
This sounds like a perfect thing for our family this summer!
It looks like my kids would love to play those games over the summer! Thanks!
This is a great idea to help kids with math.
we love jumpstart, I would love to have full membership access to mathblaster for the summer!
My daughter is dyslexic and has a LOT of trouble with rote memorization. Every fall I regret taking a summer break because I have to reteach a lot of reading and math skills. This looks like a lot of fun. I think my daughter (11) and my son (7) would love this game.
This would be great to use with my kids! We’re going to be transistioning to homeschool next year and I would love to utilize this!
This would be great for my son. A great way to keep him working on Math thru the summer and as extra help thru the year. I feel Math is one of the most important classes to keep working on. So many kids get behind and then lose interest, deciding that they hate math, when all they need is more practice.
What an awesome idea!!! I love it when kids can see that math is fun!
My kids love JumpStart. Thanks for this giveaway!
I have two sons, age 6 & 12 – I prefer “educational” games and help in math is always wanted
This would be great! We homeschool and we’re always trying to find fun ways to review!
This would be wonderful for my kids! Thanks for the chance to win!
My second grader needs this! What a fun way to keep up her math skills!
That looks neat, can’t wait for my 7 tear old to try it!
Perfect for my 8yo to practice her skills over the summer!
Oh- and what is the url for this site?
Duh… I’ll add it to the post. Obviously I have been drinking the root beer martinis.
Our daughter would LOVE this!
I remember playing something like this when I was a kid. Looks like fun. Count me in, please!
Thanks!
if i bring more root beer martinis for the summer, could *I* please have the math blaster subscription? better yet! i’ll bring diet coke martinis! all the fun, none of the calories
I would love this for my son! He loves math, but gets really distracted when doing drill work. This would be a wonderful way to get him to practice math!
I would love this for my 10 year old son…this is right up his alley, and he LOVES math!
6 year old would go nuts with this
So would mom and dad – LOL! Great giveaway idea!
Always looking for new fun ways to learn. Am interested in finding out the difference between free and membership privledges.(club penguin comes to mind) Thanks for the info!!
my kids have used this before would love to have six months!
This would be an awesome introduction to homeschooling for us!! My 7 yo would love it!
Math is the area we struggle with the most in our homeschool, so this would be a tremendous blessing!
My boys would love this!
I would love to have this for our 3 children! We homeschool and this would be a perfect addition (no pun intended….) to our math curriculum. All 3 of them are visual learners and this would be fun while teaching them or refreshing their memories on things they’ve already learned.
What a great giveaway! My son would love this!
I would love to try this out before we invest in it. With our sixth child on the way that lifetime membership is looking pretty good!
This sounds awesome! Would love to try it!
We’d love to win this! Thanks!
Pick me, pick me!! My son would love this! Thank you!
Sounds awesome!! Would love to have this for my grandaughter.
I remember playing the first Math Blaster on the those ancient computers at school when I was a kid! Would love for my kids to enjoy and build up those math skills this summer!
Nice! My kids go to public school but we “homeschool” in the mornings in the summer to help my daughter with math troubles.
My first grader loves math! This would be great for her to continue building her math skills. Thanks!
thanks for the recommendation. adding this to the list for the 6.5 y.o who says “I like math.” but then whimpers about sitting to do his math
I would love to try this with my son over the summer!
Thank you for the information. My daughter struggles with math, and doing “games” doesn’t make it such a struggle to learn- and keep the learned skills in tune. I would definately like to give this a try.
This looks like a great option to keep the excitement in math! My daughter excels in math, but doesn’t enjoy it right now. This might help get her back on track!
My son would love this and he definitely needs help with math! Thanks!
We use to have an old “on disc” version of Math Blaster that my older two enjoyed playing. This looks like a great way to boost my 6 year olds math skills in a fun environment – he loves math and he loves computer games!
This sounds perfect. I have one who needs multiplication practice and one that needs addition practice. This would be great for both!
Oooh! That would be a blessing. I was telling my husband a couple of weeks ago that it is hard to build speed with math facts at home alone. When I taught school we did lots of board races and speed games. The competition really helped. We are bored with flash cards at home. This would bring a little fun to math facts.
Wow, that is a BLAST from the PAST. I had this game when I was young – would be great for my daughter!
We’d love this in our household for the summer and beyond! I’ve got 4 young gamers who need this kind of practice.
My 5th grader needs this! I think we’ll check it our when she gets home from school today. Still struggling with her math facts.
That would be great for my kids!
Looks like alot of fun ! My son loves any type of games and if he is learning, it is a plus!
I would love to try this out.
This would be great for my kids. My twins go into the 4th grade in the Fall, and my youngest goes in the 1st grade.
This is our first year homeschooling and my daughter has struggled with basic multiplication. This would be a fun way for her reinforce what we have worked so hard on all year and have a strong start to 6th grade. Also my son loves computer games and would love this.
I think anything that adds some excitement and fun to Maths is a winner, after all, who wants to spend all day adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing pages of numbers in columns all day!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I’ve got three boys that would love this…math on the computer? Sounds like a great mix!
I’m enterring too!
I remember math blaster from long ago. My boys would love it now!
My daughter would love Math Blaster.
I homeschool and math is a subject I’m kind of stuck on right now, this would be great, my son loves any reason to get on the computer (I limit his time).
I have a 7 year old entering 2nd grade in the fall. she struggles a little bit with math and this would be a great help. I loved this game as a kid, i wonder how they have changed the game and would love to share it with my daughter!
My son would love this!! He loves computer games and is just learning his math facts.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this. Being a homeschool mom, I am always looking for fun ways for them to learn things, especially if it seems like a game to them. With a new baby due in the summer, this would be a great addition for them to play and learn while we adjust to our new, exciting changes.
Sounds like this would be great for this summer since we can access it during our travels!
PLEASE pick us!!! We are a military family that moved from WA to CA this school year and my 3rd grader is really struggling to keep up in the Math area. Apparently WA (the area that we lived in) is at least 6 months – a year behind CA in the math curriculum. For this reason and many others, we have decided to home-school next year. I need to do everything I can to ensure my student’s success!!! This would definately BLESS our family!!!
Thank you!!
My son gets bored with the same old worksheets- I know he would love this game! Thanks!
This would be so nice for my daughter for Math this summer. Awesome give away.
Sounds really awesome! I would love to
Have this for my son.
I would love this! My kids struggle with their multiplication facts! Great giveaway
Great giveaway! We (I) would love to work more on the math skills over the summer with making it feel like work.
My daughter loves math and it is hard to find challenging fun games. thanks for the chance to win this.
My two oldest sons would love this! I think we have tried the free part before, but what a great idea for summer (learning) fun!
This would be awesome for my son!!
My son would love this!
My boys would love this! Thanks for the chance!
Thanks for a great giveaway!
This would be awesome for my sons, thanks for the chance!!
This looks great. Please enter me in the giveaway.
Blessings
Diane
What a wonderful giveaway! This would be great for some extra practice with fractions.
Would love this for my kiddos!
We’d love to have it! Great for a review day or game time!!
I would love this! It will help when my children are on breaks in between books.
This sounds fabulous for my homeschoolers (1 graduate, 7 still going)
This would sure make math more fun for my son. Drilling in those facts can be so tedious and I need something like this to help.
THis would be good for both my girls, thanks for the giveaway.
Cool! I am loving the IXL website at school with my students, but it is to expensive to buy my nephew a subscription. ($80 a year). Math Blasters sounds like more fun anyway!
Looks like a lot of fun! My kids would love it!
This is just what I’ve been looking for! I have been hunting the web to find something for the summer and I think my 4 boys (6, 7, 9 & 11) will love it! Thank you!!
Wow! Great! This sounds like exactly what my dd needs to help her get motivated in math. Thanks for the review and the giveaway.
my older 2 just love math!
I have my boys practice math facts with flashcards every night before we read. We would LOVE this!
Its worth a shot… my daughter is just starting homeschooling and looking for more online/computer software.
Would love this for my kids!! I’m looking at starting homeschooling this next fall and this would be a wonderful addition!
Love it! My kids love the Starfall site, i keep looking for a math based site they will also like!
I was an still am a total math geek =0) I think this would be a good way to pass that on to my child
This would be excellent for my computer loving 7 year old! Not only will she be doign her math, but ‘playing’ on the computer too!
I would love this for my 3 kiddos!! Practice makes perfect!
I’d love to win this for my kids! Thanks!
I would love this for my kids this summer! It is always nice to have them learn while they play!
My son could really use this!!!
I am always looking for good educational games. This would be great for my boys this summer.
This would be perfect for my daughter! She is wrestling with math and this would help her greatly!
This sounds fantastic. Please enter me on behalf of my kids.
This would be perfect for my 6 year old daughter…she could use a challenge this summer!
This would be great for my 9 and 11 year old girls over the summer!
My daughter could really use this. She loves to learn but hates math. This would be a great way for her to see the fun in math.
I would love to win–my going-into-2nd-grader needs some refreshers all summer!!
My sons would love this game and could use a fun way to review math!
I so want to try this for all my kids! They love to be on the computer!