Homeschool Hacks

Multiflyer: Rated COOL By My 8 Year-Old

With a house full of sci-fi fans, it's no wonder the Multiflyer is a big hit around here. Tonight, Mom, Dad and an almost 8-year-old boy huddled around the laptop, saving the solar system from gravitational anomalies while learning multiplication facts.

Multiflyer is an online game that helps your child learn multiplication (and a tiny bit of astronomy, too). Your mission is to deliver the Gravitational Field Stabilizer to all the human outposts in the galaxy. You jump from planet to space station by solving multiplication problems before your fuel runs out.

The game can be played online for free or downloaded to your computer for $4.99. Multiflyer also offeres a minigame, coloring pages and worksheets if you purchase the "extras" package for $3.99. They're running a special for the month of October: the download and the extras for $5.99.

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Make Your Own Board Game

Kiddley (which is one of the BEST blogs for parents) recently posted simple instructions for making your own board game. This project has so much potential, my head is spinning. Just creating the game teaches shapes, patterns, colors, counting, drawing, writing, reading, and uses oh so much imagination!

Once you make a basic playing board, you can create new sets of cards for any of your children's interests, making the game as simple or complex as you desire. If you create a game, please share your ideas with us in the comments. I can already see the creation of a Star Wars-themed game in our not-too-distant future.

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