MathZee Launches Its First Kindergarten and Pre-K Math Game for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
MathZee, a K-5 math education startup, has launched its first math game for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The game, called Piggy Math, covers math skills like counting, skip-counting, addition, and subtraction.
Chicago, IL, September 23, 2010 --(PR.com)-- MathZee (http://mathzee.com), a K-5 math education startup, has launched its first math game, called Piggy Math (http://mathzee.com/piggy-math/) that covers Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grace 1 math skills like counting, skip-counting, addition, and subtraction.
For most students, mathematics means lots of symbols, memorization, and no relation to common sense, intuition or the real world. This leads to negative attitudes towards mathematics at an early age. MathZee is solving this problem by giving kids fun games that help them learn and truly enjoy mathematics and understand how math applies in scenarios that are more fun and interesting for them. They do this by focusing on "Application based problem solving," and "Non-intrusive assessments."
The company's initial focus is on mobile devices, particularly iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. "We decided to initially focus on mobile devices when, in our tests, we realized that kids find these mobile devices more engaging, and the touch-interface is more natural to them," said Namit Yadav, founder of MathZee. The company intends to expand into Android devices, and web-based Flash games by end of the year.
"There are two features that set us apart: very high quality game-play and art-work, and a passive formative assessment service that monitors kids' actions in the games, and generates detailed performance reports to give parents valuable insight about their strengths and areas for improvement. These reports include grade-level proficiency, progress toward meeting national standards, identification of areas for improvement, and personalized recommendations to address those areas."
The company intends to launch one game every month, covering different math skills for the Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1 kids.
Math skills covered by Piggy Math:
A Numbers
A-1 Up to 10
A-2 Up to 20
A-5 Number words and numerals
B Counting
B-1 Number line / table
B-2 Up to 10
B-3 Up to 20
B-6 Up and Down
C Skip-counting
C-1 Count by 2s
F Addition
F-1 One-digits sum up to 10
F-2 One-digits sum up to 18
G Subtraction
G-1 One-digits
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About MathZee: MathZee (http://mathzee.com) is a mobile and web platform that teaches K-5 math through fun games by utilizing audio, visual, and kinesthetic cues. The games are based on rigorous national math standards (NCTM), and focus on application of math, and developing critical thinking skills while assessing a child’s performance in a non-intrusive manner. The company was created in the beginning of 2010, and it showed early promise when Excelerate Labs, a Chicago based incubator, chose to invest in MathZee out of 300 companies.
For most students, mathematics means lots of symbols, memorization, and no relation to common sense, intuition or the real world. This leads to negative attitudes towards mathematics at an early age. MathZee is solving this problem by giving kids fun games that help them learn and truly enjoy mathematics and understand how math applies in scenarios that are more fun and interesting for them. They do this by focusing on "Application based problem solving," and "Non-intrusive assessments."
The company's initial focus is on mobile devices, particularly iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. "We decided to initially focus on mobile devices when, in our tests, we realized that kids find these mobile devices more engaging, and the touch-interface is more natural to them," said Namit Yadav, founder of MathZee. The company intends to expand into Android devices, and web-based Flash games by end of the year.
"There are two features that set us apart: very high quality game-play and art-work, and a passive formative assessment service that monitors kids' actions in the games, and generates detailed performance reports to give parents valuable insight about their strengths and areas for improvement. These reports include grade-level proficiency, progress toward meeting national standards, identification of areas for improvement, and personalized recommendations to address those areas."
The company intends to launch one game every month, covering different math skills for the Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1 kids.
Math skills covered by Piggy Math:
A Numbers
A-1 Up to 10
A-2 Up to 20
A-5 Number words and numerals
B Counting
B-1 Number line / table
B-2 Up to 10
B-3 Up to 20
B-6 Up and Down
C Skip-counting
C-1 Count by 2s
F Addition
F-1 One-digits sum up to 10
F-2 One-digits sum up to 18
G Subtraction
G-1 One-digits
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About MathZee: MathZee (http://mathzee.com) is a mobile and web platform that teaches K-5 math through fun games by utilizing audio, visual, and kinesthetic cues. The games are based on rigorous national math standards (NCTM), and focus on application of math, and developing critical thinking skills while assessing a child’s performance in a non-intrusive manner. The company was created in the beginning of 2010, and it showed early promise when Excelerate Labs, a Chicago based incubator, chose to invest in MathZee out of 300 companies.
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