Review~Mathletics

We were given a 45 day membership to Mathletics to review for the TOS Crew. Mathletics is an online math program for children ages 5-14 to practice and review math facts. Students can work at their own pace or complete with other students from all around the world.

Students start by creating an avatar. As they earn points for completing a math level they can spend those points in the Mathletics store to upgrade their avatar.

There is a free parent section where parents can check on their children's progress. You can also print out workbooks for offline math practice. Parents can also have weekly progress reports emailed to them.

Mathletics is used in 5000 schools and over 200 countries. They also support homeschoolers. You can download a six page brochure about the benefits to homeschoolers here.

A Mathletics subscription is $59.95. You can get $10 off the subscription price by knowing the human calculator's favorite number (if you are wondering, it is 9 so be sure to enter that when prompted to get your discount!)

What we thought:

We really love the Mathletics site. Justin loved the competition part of it. He loved seeing his points rack up as he answered questions correctly. I really like that it tells your child right away if the answer the have entered is correct or not. When Justin got an answer incorrect he wanted to start over to see if he could get the correct answer. Many math sites seem to bore him. This one kept his attention and challenged him and he wanted to continue playing.

There are so many activities on this site. Over 750! It was a little overwhelming at first but once we got the hang of things Justin really had a great time and enjoyed learning and challenging himself to do better.

Another thing I like is that it is a safe site. Even though you have the ability to compete against other students, there is no communication between other students on this site. There are also step by step animated tutorials to help you.

If you are not completely satisfied Mathletics offers a 10 day money back guarantee

We will be looking into a subscription for both boys in the future.

For more Mathletics reviews go and see what my crewmates are saying.





Disclosure: This product was provided to me free as a member of the The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew 2009-2010. All reviews and opinions expressed on this blog are my own