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Ko's Journey - an online story with math activities

Grades: 5-8

Ko's Journey

Ko's Journey is an online math program where students need to do math problems in a context of a story. The story is done with 3D animations and is completely online. The math activities and problems cover the most important middle school concepts. It is like an interactive workbook with animated problem sets. It is not a game a such.

Ko's Journey can be used as the primary curriculum for a concentrated period (usually taking a couple of weeks) or as a supplemental program used intermittently (once or twice a week) over a couple of months.

Classroom, school, and homeschool licenses available. The administrative page gives you instant access to student pre-test and post-test scores and current progress. Individual licenses: $39 for one student, $59 for three students. See other pricing on the website.

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Reviews of Ko's Journey

Time: 1 month

As a homeschooling mom of six, my goal is to inspire my children to love learning without having to resort to drastic measures to help them learn "the hard stuff". Imagine my delight when my 8th grade son, a self-proclaimed math-hater, begged to start using Ko's Journey... and then begged every day for more time with the program! With such a captivating story and interesting applications for math, even our five-year-old is hooked on Ko's Journey and cheering his siblings on. They are all loving every minute of it!

Why you liked/didn't like the book:
The value is wonderful for homeschooling families as well. To be able to have three children using it at one time for less than a full math curriculum, it is a great deal even if just used as a "side" practice or a method for boosting interest and comprehension in math! Thank you for putting together such a program. I hope you will branch out into other grades and subjects... that would be a great benefit to us all!

Alisa Morford
Review left September 23, 2010

Time: two weeks

I came across this new online curriculum and decided to purchase it for my children, whom I homeschool. Math has always been the one subject I can't get them to engage in, but I'm finding that this product is changing that.

Hyped as a video game, I've found that it's MUCH more. The story is beautiful, the math is challenging and most importantly, my kids are slowing down to actually LEARN. My 6th and 8th grade children have worked through about 8 hours of the game so far and we're all anxious to see what comes next.

Any other helpful hints:
The website is great. There is a demo you can try and a very informative video about the history and making.

DeeDee
Review left May 5, 2010

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