Squixy is an educational technology platform with the mission to incorporate the three phases of play (physical, digital, and augmented reality) into a fun, whimsical, and impactful learning experience. Our activities support the Common Core Standards and educational instruction kids receive in school. We know learning can be difficult, and kids learn best when they are having fun – so at Squixy our goal is to EDUTAIN!
Stephanie, our Chief Learning Officer, has spent her career in classrooms using innovative methods to reach students daily. Here are some of her thoughts on why teachers might use Squixy as an additional learning tool in their classrooms or recommend the platform for students to use and play with at home.
Teachers know students learn best when they’re excited and engaged with the content in which they are presented. That’s a no brainer! There’s a huge difference in students’ attentiveness, the lesson’s effectiveness, and students’ eagerness to learn more. Unfortunately, it’s not easy to make each lesson awesome every time, so when something great comes along, teachers need to know! Teacher to teacher, I’m telling you – SOMETHING GREAT IS HERE!
Squixy and the Battle for All Time(s)!
Squixy and the Battle for All Time(s)! is a multiplication-themed activity book that is definitely AWESOME. This mathtivity book is based on Common Core State Standards, but is unlike traditional workbooks with uninspiring “drill-and-kill” formats. Instead, students open the Squixy activity book to find a 10-page graphic novel that introduces them to unique characters, fictional planets, and a top-secret mission. As kids finish each activity page, they gather clues and become more confident in their mathematical abilities. Augmented reality functionality, problem solving skills, and good old multiplication facts are key to completing their mission!
Each multiplication lesson is disguised as a training mission, so students have FUN while mastering one of the most important math skills. As students practice using different multiplication strategies, they are also getting one step closer to defeating Trixy. (If you know, you know!) Its colorful pages and augmented reality triggers help spark children’s imagination and keeps them edutained.
Squixy and the Battle for All Time(s)! is beneficial for students at all levels of multiplication mastery. It can serve an entire class, small group, or an individual student. The book can be used as an end of unit review, support an intervention group, or help prevent the dreaded summer slide. There are so many ways to use the book!
The best part? Several lessons offer a video tutorial to show examples from a mission. Students access the tutorial videos and Augmented Reality effects using a QR code through the Squixy App. (Again, awesome)
Squixy and the Battle for All Times also spotlights a variety of cross curricular connections, including geography, science, cooking, and history.
Additional features include:
- Positive affirmations throughout the book to motivate and encourage students to work through difficult concepts and support social-emotional learning.
- Opportunities for students to problem solve and question reasonableness when solving a problem.
- Downloadable content for additional practice.
- Pages for students to personalize and express their creativity!
- Augmented reality that supports the storyline and sparks imagination.
- An exciting, augmented-reality-based game that fosters mastery of basic multiplication facts.
Purchase Squixy For Your Class
In this exciting, educational adventure, kids partner with Squixy, an intergalactic hero battling to save the Milky Way from his greedy nemesis, Trixy.
With Squixy, kids will work through a challenging, 58-page activity book featuring 10 training missions focused on beginner-level multiplication skills like: repeated addition, patterns in multiplication, finding unknowns, and arrays.
Squixy and the Battle For All Time(s)! is ideal for children who are new to multiplication, or who are looking for a fun way to practice their new mathematical skills.
Download the FREE Squixy app and scan the book’s integrated augmented reality games, tutorial videos, and exploration opportunities that will provide incentive for kids to stick with multiplication!
If you are looking to purchase 20 or more books for your students, contact us so we can provide a discounted cost for you!
Works with the FREE Squixy app for Android and iOS.
$12.99 | 58 pages | Grade Level: 3 and Up
We’re Teacher-Led
With every book, game, or video we produce, a talented team of teacher-advisors help develop the content and ensure that we’re doing our absolute best to teach your child in the most effective way possible. Our Teacher Advisory Board is composed of experts leading classes from preschool to 5th grade with experience in general education, STEM instruction, math intervention, language development, and special education.
Here are a few of the things our teachers are saying about Squixy:
I can see Squixy books being used with a small group in the classroom, to supplement at-home learning, or as a summer enrichment for students. Squixy can help them be creators of their own mathematical learning.
Victoria, STEM Teacher
Squixy is visually appealing and provides great graphics to keep children interested in their mission AND the math strategies being taught. With the detailed instruction and multiple practice pages, the students are bound to master these strategies.
Kelly, Math Specialist
Parents will love that Squixy is easy to use and appeals to many different types of learners.
Kirsten, Homeschool Teacher
Squixy is an engaging, interactive platform which builds creative thinking, problem-solving skills, cooperative learning, and empathy.
Colleen, Early Childhood
Squixy is a GAMECHANGER. It’s not just an app. It’s not the typical workbook that bores kids. It puts the fun into learning math! What’s even better is parents and teachers can use this resource at home or in the classroom.
Teresa, Language Acquisition Coordinator
What AR Education and Squixy Can Do
Squixy helps to unlock both sides of the brain with its presentation of mathematical concepts, imaginative design. and problem-solving attributes. It also allows teachers to foster their students’ varying learning styles through its activities and games. Squixy promotes different approaches to learning including visual, logical, and kinesthetic based experiences.
“AR gives students a sense of embodiment letting them gain some real experience that they can remember afterward. This way a strong connection to previously obtained knowledge is being built on the daily basis… Students will retain more knowledge for a much longer period when it’s associated with some part-real experience. Any good teacher’s purpose is to make their lessons so interesting and entertaining that students would be excited about the learning process. And the digital era is, in fact, your best helper that will give you the opportunity to continuously stimulate students’ intellectual curiosity with augmented reality presented to them. (techwalls.com/benefits-augmented-reality-education/)
The Benefit of Digital Math Games
Gregory Smith is a 5th grade teacher in Tampa, Florida who uses digital math games as part of his curriculum. “If you don’t like something, you’re definitely not going to do well in it. And if you don’t think you’re going to do well, you’re definitely not going to do well.” That’s the philosophy behind digital math games, whether they’re played online or through an app.
Many educators and researchers say the games can help students both improve their math skills and enjoy math more. As long as these digital games are meaningful and motivating to children, they can have a real impact on learning, said Douglas Clements, a professor of early-childhood learning at the University of Denver, who has studied the effectiveness of digital math games. (edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/17/do-digital-games-improve-childrens-math-skills.html)