MathRider: A Math Game Review
DISCLOSURE: I RECEIVED THIS COMPLIMENTARY PRODUCT THROUGH THE HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW.
One of the true loves of my children is horses. Our first house, where the older two were born, our city neighborhood backed up to a couple of large churches and several acres of land where horses and cows were often grazing. We visited the horses on walks before my oldest was even born and just about every week until we moved. They LOVE horses. I can’t think of a better theme to motivate my students to practice their math than riding horses! As we tried out MathRider from Sharper Edge International Pty Ltd for this review the past several weeks, I’ve never had so many requests to do math!!
What We Received:
We received a permanent license to the game MathRider, which allows for multiple users.
How It Works:
MathRider is a math program designed for use on a computer that, once downloaded initially, can be accessed without the internet. Multiple users can access it with their own username and password. Users can practice riding where every math fact answered correctly causes the horse to move faster and a slow or missed answer slows the riding down. To practice or play you can adjust settings to accommodate each user. Setting options include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division along with number ranges and a choice between obstacle course or a time challenge. Practice rides do not impact quests and are not counted in each student’s statistics. To play, each user is challenged with various quests that involve a back story, a specific goal, different backdrops and unlocking different music as you go along. Each quest involves answering math facts just like the practice rides, except each correct answer gets you further along in your quest. The faster the student answers, the faster the horse goes and earns extra points. There is a dashboard that showcases mastery levels for each student based on their rides. There is also a score area where you can compare users as well.
What We Thought:
My kids old enough to use this program, 10 year old boy and 8 year old girl, loved it. The story element certainly pleased my girl and the horse element trumps everything for both of them. It is a an easy way to practice math facts and work on recall time so there is no complaint from an educational standpoint. The quest and story elements seem to motivate them to keep going after math recall usually gets boring or tiring. The changing landscapes (tied to different quests) are really beautiful which adds to the varied experience. It certainly is enjoyable to me as an adult! Once they figured out what the game was all about, they would request to play it all the time, even when school was finished. If you have students that love horses, this is a slam dunk program for those needing to work on their math facts. Overall, our family loved this game and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to work on math facts and have some fun at the same time.
Follow MathRider on Social Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MathRiderGame
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Mathrider
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