I teach pre-kindergarten and my students are only 4 years old. What can I do to make their DreamBox experience positive and not overwhelming?
Although our product is written for 5-8 year olds, many 4 year olds have successfully used DreamBox. The following are tips from other teachers on how to ensure that your students will enjoy both interacting with the computer and learn to navigate and play DreamBox successfully. • Start with short sessions with a teacher present. It’s enough to only play 2-3 games. Having you by his side builds game-play and mouse skills confidence. It lets him know that you value the time spent on the computer and support math learning. One-on-one time is always special and ensures that you’ll intervene before frustration kicks in. • Let your student lead. He may click on areas that don’t do anything and that’s ok. He’s learning how to explore a new environment and needs to experiment in order to learn how to react to highlighting and clickable areas. • Wait for him to ask for help and watch for signs of frustration. Nobody knows your student’s frustration level better than you. When you see that he i
Although our product is written for 5-8 year olds, many 4 year olds have successfully used DreamBox. The following are tips from other teachers on how to ensure that your students will enjoy both interacting with the computer and learn to navigate and play DreamBox successfully. • Start with short sessions with a teacher present. It’s enough to only play 2-3 games. Having you by their side builds game-play and mouse skills confidence. It lets the student know that you value the time spent on the computer and support math learning. One-on-one time is always special and ensures that you’ll intervene before frustration kicks in. • Let your student lead. The student may click on areas that don’t do anything, and that’s ok – the student is learning how to explore a new environment and needs to experiment in order to learn how to react to highlighting and clickable areas. • Wait for your student to ask for help, and watch for signs of frustration. Nobody knows your student’s frustration leve
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