The Maths App

The Maths App Story.

Developing interactive education apps for children in the 3 – 5 age groups has significant challenges. A key challenge is working with the user group to determine their understanding of and satisfaction with the app in order for it to become a beneficial learning aid. Andrew Ashe Managing Director at EuroTalk said;

‘The advantage of using LiveCode is the speed of iteration and ability to write the code once and deploy onto multiple platforms such as Windows and Mac. LiveCode lets us concentrate on providing great content, we use it to change things quickly and continuously improve the app, this ensures that we always deliver the best experience for the user.

Without LiveCode we would not be doing certain projects. EuroTalk has been working with RunRev for many years and LiveCode has become our principal development platform’.

Onebillion believes that every child deserves to be good at maths. They say:

At onebillion, we develop apps to help educate children, wherever they are. Children are at the heart of everything we do.

We’ve started with maths. The first two apps in our ongoing maths series, Maths, age 3-5 and Maths, age 4-6, are in over 50 languages, and bought by parents and teachers all over the world. We are already starting work on apps that teach literacy, and English.

The Maths App has been distributed to children in Malawi to provide a low cost learning aid on tablets powered by solar energy. Studies by the University of Nottingham have also shown a dramatic improvement in learning in children in the UK.

Packed with colorful and engaging activities, these apps are designed to develop early maths skills, while keeping children absorbed and happy for hours. The 3-5 App contains a set of ten key topics for the early years of school.

1. Counting to 3
2. Lines and patterns
3. Counting 4 – 6
4. Where is it?
5. Counting 7 – 10
6. Patterns and shapes
7. Counting 1 – 10
8. Comparing
9. Add and take away
10. Sorting and matching.

What parents say:

‘The kids love it; it is very well paced with a nice mix of instruction and fun. I highly recommend it for pre-school and kindergarten, it’s worth every penny’.

‘My son has been so proud of what he has achieved an has been running round the house waving his certificates at everyone. Two certificates printed out and stuck to the wall’.

‘Within two months my three year old went from not recognizing any of her numbers to adding and subtracting. Amazing’.

‘Excellent–very intuitive and will help youngsters develop their skills prior to formal schooling’.

LiveCode is proud to be a part of the Onebillion initiative, powering this fantastic and hugely successful educational app.