Module 3- Do you have a "FunBrain"?

Everyone likes to have fun. As a future teacher I want to have my classroom be a place of learning, but also a place of fun learning. As we go through teaching math and reading, students are always filling out worksheets and handing in assignments, because after all, practice makes perfect. I was wondering, how can we have our students practice mathematical concepts and reading in new and exciting ways? Well, FunBrain is the answer.

FunBrain is an educational browser game website for children and adults. The company said the site has 65,000 teachers registered, 35 million visits per month, and 60,000 page visits per day, and provides mathematics and kid style games.

On this website you are given the opportunity to choose to play Math Arcade, Reading, Fun Arcade, Playground, and all games. Under Math Arcade you get to choose what skill level you are at from 1 to 8 and then continue to play some games that helps our students practice mathematics facts that they have already learned. After all, practice makes perfect and we want to help our students enjoy learning.

To the left is a photo of one of the math games. In this particular game the student passes the bee over the wind cloud and it blows a number. The bee catches the number and then the student needs to place the number above the correct number sentence and drop it in the flower. If it is the correct answer for the number sentence then it will disappear. If it is incorrect then you must try again.

I think as a teacher, it is important to find new and exciting ways to reach out to our students and help them practice. Worksheets are great ways to practice in class, but our world is quickly becoming a world filled with technology. We need to keep up with technology in the classroom and incorporate it into our educational learning processes. I think that this is a great website to use on those days that we need to stray away from worksheet practice and do something different. It is great for all ages and really is a fun tool!

I challenge all teachers to have a "FunBrain" and find new and creative ways to help their students practice and learn, specifically through this tool!