#zapzapmath

One of the most asked questions I get as a homeschooling family is how we make it work. I like to remind those who ask that homeschooling can happen ANYWHERE. Our trips to the store are a great way to practice our math and reading. We can do a mock grocery list and estimate what we think our trip will cost. Once we have completed our trip we compare.

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#Developer:Visual Math Interactive

#Website: https://www.zapzapmath.com/

#Purchase:

IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1003605763

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visualmathinteractive.zapzapmath 

#Version: 1.7.5

#Cost: FREE (at time of review)

Please note that we received a donation to review this released app.

#Support: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Android 4.1 and up. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android

#Size: 111Mb

#Screenshots:

#Developers Description

Introduce your child to a beautiful universe of fun, addictive math games and discover what happens when kids fall in love with math.

Zap Zap Math delivers a set of free, higher order thinking games that cover comprehensive math subjects from kindergarten all the way through 6th grade. Games that focus on counting, addition/subtraction, fractions, ratios, geometry and more help build a strong math foundation while training critical thinking, logic, and problem solving in a well structured and independent manner.

MATH GAMES FOR ALL LEVELS K-6

Fast paced, fun and interactive math games with high replay value

23 games with new games added every two weeks for your child to explore and practice new math topics 

Topics include: addition, subtraction, fraction, ratio, multiplication, geometry, expression, coordinates, measurements, angles, time, pre-school math

SCREEN TIME WELL SPENT

Games advance as your child does to train critical thinking, logic, and problem solving

Play online math games anytime, anywhere as a supplement to class, homework, or tutoring

A safe learning and independent environment provides a gateway to gain confidence and academic interest

GO BEHIND THE SCENES

Parents and teachers can track your child’s performance in our dashboard

Identify which specific areas your kids need help with for math class or homework

Get an overall math health check or deep dive to see which kids need help and where

#The Review

Zap Zap Math provides an engaging and fun environment for K-6 kids to explore and learn the core principles of Math. It’s unique ‘game based’ lessons keep the kids wanting to play level after level and with all the virtual rewards and global leaderboards, it inspires them to work harder and learn more.

Through a simple registration parents and teacher can unlock a wealth of statistics including progress, percentage complete, correct and incorrect answers.

Zap Zap Math was a hit with the #fourlittletesters, and we certainly believe it will appeal to parents everywhere, and should be on every child’s device, to productively pass the time, when they just want to play games. 

#The Test

Finn was up first and choose the ‘alien in a robot’ avatar. He took his time and chose the Name 'Swift Dino' He started off with the pre-school level, and found this pretty easy as expected, He won a star, and enquired on what this meant and we quickly worked out that you could unlock a number of stars for each level, and then a mass a higher score multiplayer. Finn liked all the bonuses and the fact that you were given a cool 'rank' name. Finn often counted out loud and with his fingers, to help with the more complex sums with 2 or 3 numbers to add or subtract.

Finn liked all the characters and the sound effect, especially the ‘yay!’ Once completing the first few levels he was keen to advance to the next Learning Solar System. Finn especially liked the exploding aliens, to get from 10-1s, and 100 -10s. Finn took great pleasure exploding all the numbers into 1's until they overflowed off the screen. some of the levels and games proved a little tricky as were areas that Finn was not as familiar, and the coloured Orb level especially confused him.

Poppy ventured out using the same profile as Finn, and proceeded to the pre-school level, which she found easy. Poppy moved to explore the different Solar Systems and chose Geometry...oops was a bit too hard, and I had to help out. Poppy moved back to Addition & Multiplication a few times and definitely liked loading the aliens onto the shuttles and found the sound effects fun. Poppy also really loved the exploding counting, and played these levels the most. Unlike Finn who systematically progressed through the learning Poppy next tapped ‘Time’, and really enjoyed these,  which surprised me. The last level that Poppy played was ‘Measure’, where she had great fun with the UFO rescues.

#The Verdict Zap Zap Math is out of this world....Learning through fun & games really works!

#The Rating

Overall: 5/5

Look & Feel: 5/5 - Amazing graphics, very intuitive game interface, with great Parent/Teacher portal to monitor progress

Enjoyment: 5/5 - All the kids found the games interesting, with lots of alternative methods and interactions.

Playability: 4/5 - The menu was a little frustrating to navigate, but once in the chosen planet, the kids enjoyed progressing through and re-playing the levels, which got progressively harder.