Preschool Math: Education's Secret Weapon

Matthew Petersen:

What happens when an educational game designer has young kids?
I'm at an educational conference in Wisconsin taking a break to write an article about the importance of early childhood education. Just as I'm about to start writing I get a call from my 4-year-old son.

"Daddy, this game you made is really hard! I've been trying to solve it for three days. I tried everything."

He's trying to get through KickBox, a multi-step thinking game I released for the iPad a while back.

"Isn't it cool when it's hard to figure something out?" I ask him.

"Yes Daddy, it's cool, but I need two more lasers. Or maybe a laser that can shoot in two directions at the same time. That would also work."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 28, 2013 12:20 AM
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