Math Adventure to the Moon
LeapFrog has done it again, and somehow I am not surprised. We already have Letter Factory and Talking Word Factory. Because of Leap Frog, Chan knows his alphabet sounds and has started sounding out words, all at the ripe age of 4. Today LeapFrog is releasing a brand new dvd that helps kids ages 3-6 focus on and learn more about math. As a parent who believes in LeapFrog products, I am confident that this dvd will help Chandler with his math skills.

About the DVD
Math Adventure to the Moon features your favorite characters, Tad and Lily as they embark on a math assignment. After choosing moon rocks, they take an outer space adventure to gather moon rocks and discover that math is all around them. This dvd is definitely engaging and is a perfect length at 36 minutes. As far as math goes it teaches:

  • Counting
  • Sorting
  • Skip Counting
  • Recognizing Patterns

There are also special features which include a sorting game, 4 sing along songs, and the Alphabet Song from Let’s Go to School.

Math Teaching Tips
Lionsgate Home Entertainment also offers tips for Math when it comes to teaching your children. Below you will find 5 tips which are great helps when it comes to motivating and teaching your kids about math.

#1: Math is everywhere!
Next time you’re in a waiting room with your child, scan the room (or the magazines on the tables) for evidence of “math.” Advise your child to find as much math as possible, and you can give clues if you need to. Numbers, patterns, shapes, categories, and measuring devices (e.g., ruler, scales), are just a few examples of some of the math you might see all around you!

#2: Patterns and Codes are All Around Us!
Make patterns using standard household objects. For example line up repeated objects–sock, stuffed animal, sock, stuffed animal, and so on. Next, ask your child to continue the pattern to figure out the “secret code.” You can vary the difficulty of the pattern to suit your child’s ability–banana, banana, pear, banana, banana, pear. You can also make deliberate errors that your child needs to find–pear, apple, bananna, pear, apple, banana, pear, pear, banana.

#3: Play the Sorting Game!
Take a deck of cards, and discuss with your child all the ways you can sort the cards. They can be sorted by color (red versus black), suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs), numbers (2′s, 3′s, etc.), royalty versus numbers (jacks, queens, and kings versus the numbers), odd versus even numbers, etc. Sky is the limit! You can play the sorting game with many collections of things around the house, such as socks and building blocks.

#4: Make it a game night!
Playing number-related, age-appropriate board games, such as Chutes and Ladders, can help support many math-related skills. For an important twist, help your child practice saying each number he or she lands on and passes by with each roll of the dice. For example, if your child is on 23 and rolls a four, help him or her say “24, 25, 26, 27″ instead of “1, 2, 3, 4.” This way, your child can learn about order and magnitude (i.e., how large or small a number is in relation to other numbers).

#5: Count-down for Launch!
You and Your Kids can pretend to be rocket ships set for launch. Practice counting down to blast-off! You can make the challenge as easy or difficult as you want remembering that you don’t have to start counting down from 10. You and your kids can count down by ones (e.g., 17, 16, 15, 14…) or Practice counting by 2′s (e.g., 25, 23, 21, 19…)! For advanced math students, try multiples (e.g., 21, 18, 15, 12…)!

Price: $14.98 ($11.98 right now at the Lionsgate store!)

Where to Buy: LeapFrog dvds

The product buzzed about in this article was a sample provided to me by the company or PR representative. These views and opinions are my own and I was not compensated by this review.

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