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 Excellent and fun, 2006-11-10
Unlike so much of the software for kids, this is well-constructed, with an interesting and usable user interface, and challenging problems. I have a pretty bright seven-year-old, and she loves this one.
BTW, anyone who finds logic-based software like this of interest for their kids should check out Squeak, a programming language developed for kids by Alan Kay (who invented a good bit of modern computing). It's available for free on the Net.
32 of 33 customers found the following review helpful:
What I was hoping for, 2006-11-10
My daughter is 6 years old and is reading well, but she may have a learning disorder with math. The jury is still out on that. This program was exactly what I had hoped it would be. It is fun, and my daughter gets caught up in the story. She gets very excited when she gets the hang of doing the problems. For the most part, the program is appropriate for her skill level. The activities push her, but are not so difficult that she becomes too discouraged. I do have to sit with her and help her with some of the math activities, but she is willing to try to do the problems on her own because the game has inspired her. This is one of the first academic type of activity we've done where she has actually asked me to let her do it on her own and doesn't want my help most of the time. Each section of the adventure has a smiliar pattern to it, and learning to use the program is very intuitive. Whenever you need help you just click on Mia's face, and that has always been enough to figure out how to get going in the right direction. Each time the program runs it is slightly different, which is also a nice feature. We have not used the program on the more advanced levels yet, but so far we've been very pleased and would probably purchase other programs by this company.
10 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
 Short on math, 2006-11-02
This was the 2nd 'Mia' game we bought for our son (now seven) and will probably be the last. He loved both this one and Mia Science, but I feel the games are long on game but short on math. After three hours of playing (over a couple days) he had the entire puzzle solved! Even though he as on the easiest level, I feel the game should engage the child longer than that. After solving it, he would play the higher levels but they only make the math harder and do not introduce any new challenges.
The games are well made, and our son was entertained, but I don't think much math was learnt.
1 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
Wonderful computer animation and fun story, 2006-08-30
Kids don't usually learn much science (in public school anyway) and this computer game REALLY helps to fill that void. It is educational, VERY attractively designed, interesting, and my [...] daughter really enjoys it! It's not too hard either.
18 of 20 customers found the following review helpful:
A good blend of storytelling and fun, 2006-07-08
We got "Math Blaster" for our six-year-old, who has been a very savvy computer user since he was 18 months old. It was so difficult to maneuver the character (jump over wrong answers, run through correct ones) he actually cried over it.
Mia's math is much more gentle. The storytelling does take up time in the game, but it seems to give them a rest between problems. There is geometry ("which figure has two congruent sides?"), basic math facts ("2 + 5" on level 1, "2 x 4 x 3" on level 4), following directions ("take the tunnel on the lower right"), and telling time ("move the clock back 3 hours").
We have had the game for about two weeks, and so far it's getting played every day. Our older son plays it at level 3 or 4, and our little one (four years old) plays it at level 1 with a bit of help.
I have not yet found out where to find the "report card" - I have asked their tech support.
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