The Courier

If you are often finding your child at a loose end (too wet/hot/cold etc. to go out) and you are looking for something fun, engaging and educational for them to do, then Math Prodigy could be just what you are looking for it. Math Prodigy is a very safe online game, played through a website, so it can be accessed from any computer, tablet or phone without downloads. You don’t need an email address to sign up, and although other players do pop up occasionally in the game, there is no chat function, so no risk of stranger danger. There is free version and a paid for one, but in my opinion the free one has more than enough to do, just ignore the occasional pop up asking you to upgrade.

The game is essentially a shameless rip-off of the original Pokemon game that was released on Gameboy in the late 90s, where you move your character around a map, ‘battling’ monsters by answering increasingly harder maths questions. Although originally made in the US (thus the ‘Math’ not maths) the questions are well linked to the UK curriculum (several country options) and age appropriate. It can also be a real nostalgia trip for anyone who played the original!

Just click on the link or head to the website, then click ‘play the game’ top right, then ‘sign up’ to create a free account. Make a note of the username it generates, then you are free to log back in whenever you want to. From there, click ‘no class code’, and select UK and the correct age. Whenever prompted, always select the playing at school rather than playing at home option, as this generates less adverts to convince you to upgrade your account.

https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/

If you have any questions about the game, please feel free to get in touch!