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Last week I read a review of the Dragon Box app<\/a> and was skeptical. I admit it, I doubted. It\u2019s an app that \u201csecretly teaches Algebra to your children!\u201d and lets you \u201cshare the joy of learning Algebra!\u201d I\u2019m a math nerd and like Algebra, but this sounded like quite a stretch.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve bought math apps for my phone and tablet in the past, and they are rarely played. It\u2019s hard to take learning things like math facts and make it anything other than a chore. I want them to see the beauty of math as a language, and the fun of solving puzzles that\u2019s there on the page. (Don\u2019t judge\u2026.I was a mathlete\u2026I love math\u2026it\u2019s fun for me.)<\/p>\n

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I read the reviews of Dragon Box<\/a>, and saw the awards it had won, but that doesn\u2019t mean squat in real life. It can win every award from grown ups, but it doesn\u2019t count for diddly if the kids won\u2019t play it. I decided to try it anyway, it\u2019s $4.99 and I\u2019ve spent way more than that on stuff that didn\u2019t work. What\u2019s another $5 down the rabbit hole?<\/p>\n

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Except it did work! And they did love it! And the most common question in my house is \u201cCan I play Dragon Box<\/a>?\u201d And even my first grader is solving the math that\u2019s cleverly disguised as something not-math! And my 9th grader understood something in math class because of it! He told his teacher \u201cYeah, I learned this on Dragon Box.\u201d I know because she emailed me to ask about it, and now she\u2019s recommending it to everyone, and so am I!<\/p>\n

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And I love it. And they love it. And I\u2019ll admit that I\u2019m impressed.<\/p>\n

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**Dragon Box has not compensated me in any way for this review. They don\u2019t even know I\u2019m out here writing this. I\u2019m telling you because I love it, and you might too.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"