Grade 2 Math

My child absolutely loves this. He's in second grade and gets bored with homework easily. When his homework one night was to review counting money and telling time, we pulled out his "hot dots" for the first time. I found the pages that had counting money and then the ones for practice in telling time. After demonstrating to him how this works, I left the rest up to him. I had to actually take it and put it away at bedtime. He did not want to stop. This makes learning so much fun. He said, "mom, I really like that. When you told me we were about to do that, I was like "oh brother!"😟 I didn't want to do it. But I really like it mom. It's fun. A lot more fun than I thought it would be." So as a mom that insist on my child always doing his homework, and wanting him to learn and not dread having to study things; this is the best. He even ask me, "mom, where are my "hot dots"?" He wants to do this. I'm absolutely ecstatic about this. I would definitely recommend "Hot Dots".

The students have enjoyed using this during stations and the best part is that they get instant feedback!

Good product to be sure. Lots of reading required though, would've preferred some more straight problems with the basics, as those were barely there. Otherwise works great, & was entertaining - just very wordy!

This book and electronic pen set is PERFECT for car rides or anytime you want your child to be entertained AND educated without worrying about "accidental" writing on walls or seats etc. The workbooks are age/grade specific and sturdy ( kid proof ) Love the series.....bought for several age ranges ( k-2 ) Even the neighbor 4th grader wanted her own book during carpool!

My kids love playing with the Hot Dots. Great value and great alternative to screen time. Works well and is self explanatory for preschoolers.

Granddaughter loves the hot dot books and uses them a lot. Great idea with the pen and gives the child instant feedback. Keep up the good work

Everything works just fine, but it didn't meet my personal hopes of being a regular tool that my child could use independently to solidify math skills. There are only 170 problems total and many of them are word problems that my child needed help reading and understanding what the question is about. All questions are multiple choice type format which also is limiting. Word problems are an issue because they take so much longer and our needs right now are to master math facts. If you are looking for a variety of math supplement activities, this could be an option, but it is not the one I would pick if you are looking for 1 or 2 long-lasting durable tools that can be used over and over. He likes the pen that cheers when you select the right answer, but that in itself was not really worth the money for me. If we use it, it is something that we're going to have to do together.

This is a good review of grade 2 math. You need to use it with that in mind. The child who has not yet been exposed to these math subjects will need some help. There are between 2 and 4 questions on each concept, and the questions are nicely scaffolded. Just realize that if the child misses even one problem, be sure to go back and make sure they have that concept down before letting them move on. The books here seem to have good coverage of the expected topics in grade 2 math. If they are working somewhat independently, have your child use the pen with the sounds on so that you will hear whether they missed a question. Otherwise, they will just touch the other dots until they find the "right" dot which of course does not teach them anything. Bottom line, your child should use this set with some parental or teacher oversight.

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Awesome set. My son loves it!