ipad app, Math vs Zombies
This app covers most of pre-algebra skills, no graphic content (obviously, its for kids!) and required much assistance. All of these things went amazingly well for a full half an hour, with an abacus at our side for visual reference, the speed at which the gameplay pushed him, even on easy level, encouraged us to practice skip counting, sorting, and visual recognition with speed.
It went so well, and exercised his mind, and mine (let us hope this would go well, and no meltdowns as he is having a blast, but challenged for once). This is the abacus we use in our house, up until now it's been a sensory and simple counting tool.
'D' struggles with perfectionism and not understanding why he is so bright yet his instinct to grab a pen or use a computer is not what he thinks it should be. The zombies were rewarding, he's that kind of a boy, and he's the kind of person who loves addictive skill challenges such as this. The same boy spent 6 months of his toddler years with shape-sorter toys, of all shapes and styles! the same as every other preschool subject. I only ever provided the toys, offered assistance to avert meltdowns, and a third eye view of the problem. With math, we are very clear what his abilities are, he understands and accepts he has much more to learn, its a family activity generally.
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