This game has proved successful for my kids in a variety of ages. It allows my five-year-old to do the basic math games and then I let my three-year-old launch spaceship into space and get counting games which is all they can do.
I would think that this game would be ideally suited for kids over five however.
Our family loves this app! My kids are between 4and 11, and all are able to play this game at a level that is challenging, but still entertaining. Even I have been known to use it for a quick brain pick-me-up :)
My son, in particular, loves designing rockets and shooting them into space. He gets a big kick out of the re-entry and landing animations, too. My girls are older, and enjoy the challenge of answering quickly and accurately to win medals.
One commenter seemed disappointed that engines have to be earned, but that's my favorite feature. It's a great motivator for my kids to work even more on their math skills to earn new parts!
Thanks for a fun, educational, and engaging app.
My 11 year old son and 6 year old daughter love this. The problem is, they get to a point where they stop doing the math and just build and launch the rockets. Can you look at a way of changing it up so you have to go through the calculations before you get to build the rocket and another before you can launch it? or something.
It is a ton of fun and educational too. You can build rockets and to earn money you have to do math. You can do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The only drawback is the fact that it doesn't have math algebra and up. You can choose a mission, launch your personally built rocket, and win medals for completing the missions. This is a must-have educational game.
Both of my daughters (7 and 10) love this app. The 1st grader practices her adding and subtraction (and is learning harder addition); while the 4th grader is practicing multiplication and division. They both love to build rockets and launch them. Not everything is immediately self-explanatory, but they have figured most everything out.
I am an elementary resource teacher and I highly recommend this game. It is a great tool to use when you are trying to differentiate instruction in a small group. Students see it as a reward and don't even realize they are practicing math skills. Some of the tasks are difficult and move at a fast pace. You may not be able to use this game with all students.
I am a senior at Liberty University online majoring in Education. I also tutor children at my local public school. The students love RocketMath! I take the iPad with all of my educational apps, but I get more students to collaborate doing Math with RocketMath ran any other app!
I homeschool my 6 and 8 yr old boys, and they think this game is a reward for getting their homework done! You can change the difficulty level so everybody can play easily or be challenged. I highly recommend it.
I have 3 boys (ages: 3, 5, 7) and they ALL love playing this game. I like that you can pick the type of math problem as well as difficulty level. They really enjoy launching the rockets, which in turn gets them doing math! Great game.
It's your decision whether you want to buy this, but I would save that dollar for something else. I am a fan of the Dan Russel-Pinson games, but this game doesn't fit in with the others. The math on this is EXTREMELY easy and the new update change adding the term non-square rectangle could confuse younger players. Kids don't usually hear that term until third or fourth grade! But remember what I said: it's your choice.
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