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Math Lingo: Be Fluent in Math
Pros: The number of activities and skills covered could make this a useful classroom resource.
Cons: Limited navigation and selection options and only having a single user profile make it tricky to use in the classroom.
Bottom Line: This subscription-based app has tons of math activities but might have limited usefulness in the classroom.
How Can I Teach with This Tool?
The games in Math Lingo are colorful, fun, and clearly designed with young users (ages 2–8) in mind. The games can be used either as a way to introduce skills to kids (with friendly animations and narrators guiding and teaching the skills) or as a way to reinforce what has already been taught. The games ask a series of repetitive questions to make sure kids get a chance to practice. The feedback is encouraging, and there's lots of confetti and celebrations for correct answers, which might help kids build positive relationships to math. The questions cover a variety of math topics, but you have to progress along in the game to get to new skills, and you start off with pretty basic skills initially, so it's not a great tool for targeting individual topics easily. Overall, Math Lingo creates a positive way for kids to practice math skills with fun, easily accessible characters.