This is a wonderful word problem math app but will require significant parental involvement and patience to make it a successful tool for most children. The app provides a daily topic with a few paragraphs of information (e.g. skyscrapers, starfish, National Doughnut Day) which will engage children and reinforce general knowledge. Parents can choose from three levels of math word problems related to the day's topic . The math problems are well-written and cover a range of skills intended to exercise a child's mental math skills. The choice of the terms "Wee Ones", "Little Kids" and "Big Kids" for the categories is unfortunate since the skills required are often not reflective of the audiences and could upset older children or misguide parents on which category to select. The assumption is that parents will do this app with the child which is necessary because the stories are written with font and vocabulary that will be challenging for an elementary school student to use independently and many of the problems come with no explanation of answers. Parents choosing to spend time with a child(ren) as the publisher intended will find the time well spent, but do not expect children to do this one on their own.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Listening Comprehension
• Numerical Fluency
• Requires multi-step mental math
• Student will need to copy or write multi-digit math problems
• Reading Comprehension
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own

Parents know to read to their kids at night, but what about math? Our mission is simple: to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives, as beloved as the bedtime story. Choose the Math Problem of the Day, or explore over 1,000 additional math problems in English or Spanish with various zany topics, ranging from electric eels and chocolate chips to roller coasters and flamingos. Each has three levels of challenge ("Wee Ones," "Little Kids," and "Big Kids"), and many also have harder questions ("The Sky's the Limit") for really big kids, grown-ups, and anyone who's up for some extra fun! Best of all, it’s proven to improve kids’ math skills.

Bedtime Math gets kids jazzed about numbers. It's nothing like school. Make it a part of your family's routine today!