A GREAT Blog Review! Arithmaroo’s Still Free Today!
by Lynn Rasmussen on April 23, 2010
Arithmaroo is math for artists, designers, and everyone who loves to see beauty and patterns in things and Traci Lawson at Ten Toed Inc. gets it. Yay!
“Visual Thinking in M
athematics and a Game Called Arithmaroo” is Traci’s blog post. She’s a children’s game designer and consultant who has worked with the big guys–Sesame Street, Disney, etc.
She writes personally, “If if right-brain thinkers like me are ever going to succeed at performing math at the speed that symbol-oriented rote memorization thinkers do, Arithmaroo is a great exercise. Equally important, Arithmaroo gives visual thinkers an opportunity to play an overtly mathematical game and experience success. Hurrah!”
So I bought her app, Frogs and Fireflies. Mix the colored fireflies to match the colored frogs. 2 yellows + 1 blue = yellow-green. The sound and graphics are cute. Learning happens.
Great design is not just what’s there. It’s what’s not there. Simplicity is hard. Traci’s a pro. We’re flattered.
athematics and a Game Called Arithmaroo” is Traci’s blog post. She’s a children’s game designer and consultant who has worked with the big guys–Sesame Street, Disney, etc.
