MathGirl Number Garden

In 1992, Mattel Toys made the first talking Barbie doll. Barbie’s first words were, “Math class is tough.”

That, to me, shows the gender gap between boys and girls where math and science are concerned. Girls are subtly taught at an early age to avoid these subjects. But girls who are encouraged at an early age to embrace these subjects do very well and continue to do well in these subjects at higher grade levels.

MathGirl Number Garden offers a girly-girl way to teach girls math isn’t so tough. It starts with levels any 4-year-old could master, simple counting flowers or hands and fingers and tapping on the correct number. Each level becomes more challenging, adding addition and even later multiplication.

Star rewards at each level let you buy items for your garden, bees, flowers, bunnies, snails, and more.

The game allows for four players, making it excellent for households with more than one girl. Each girl can move at her own pace.

It also presents an excellent opportunity for parents to spend quality time with daughters. Taking turns, mother and daughter (or father and daughter) could both play and enjoy creating and comparing their gardens, instance. A young child could even “help” Mommy or Daddy by helping them with their answers!

Wrapped up in a app with pleasing graphics, fun music, and a creative garden, and girls will enjoy Number Garden’s no-pressure approach to math.

In the Number Garden:

• Count flowers and hands/fingers in patterns.
• Get faster by recognizing patterns.
• Earn stars for right answers.
• Replay levels to get faster and make more stars.
• Use stars to “buy” items for your garden.
• Fill your garden with flowers, bunnies, snails, butterflies, dragonflies, a soccer ball, a tire swing, a magic pond, a tree house, and more.
• “Sell” items to upgrade to bigger items.
• Play in and save your personal garden.

Name: MathGirl Number Garden
Price: $1.99

Full disclosure: The developer of MathGirl Number Garden provided ratedgforgeek.com a promo code for this app.

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