SUMMIT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bedtime Math announced today the release of its highly acclaimed app in Spanish for iOS and Android, which is available for free download at the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Since its launch in 2012, Bedtime Math has written over 1,600 playful math problems, garnering more than 100,000 loyal email followers and 125,000 app downloads over its brief lifetime. Its Spanish-translation presents an exciting opportunity to engage with a broader audience.
Bedtime Math delivers quick, engaging math story problems every day for kids aged three to nine to enjoy with their parents. The playful opening story is followed by three levels of increasing challenges (Wee Ones, Little Kids, Big Kids). A recent University of Chicago study found that children who did Bedtime Math improved their math achievement on average by three months more than children who didn’t use it. Most notably, children of the most math-anxious parents who chose to do Bedtime Math had gains of half a school year, narrowing the “math anxiety gap.”
“Any math app can show two plus two equals four, or sport colorful art or sound effects,” said Laura Overdeck, founder of Bedtime Math. “But while most apps leave children working on their own, parents and kids do Bedtime Math together. By using the Bedtime Math app, even the most math-anxious parents can add a little ‘math talk’ to their daily routine. With more than 41 million native Spanish speakers in the U.S., we’re excited to offer our app in Spanish, and hope to help hundreds of thousands more kids love and embrace math.”
In addition to its translation into Spanish, a dozen new animations and interface improvements have been made, making usage easier for parents and children. The Spanish language app will also include an archive of Bedtime Math’s existing daily math problems and puzzles.
For more information about the Bedtime Math app, or to speak with Bedtime Math founder Laura Overdeck, contact Sandy LoPiccolo at 908-444-4532 or sandy@bedtimemath.org.
About Bedtime Math Foundation
Bedtime Math Foundation is a Summit-based nonprofit organization that seeks to put the fun and discovery back into learning math. Its core product is a zany online math problem that parents can do with their kids every day; a recent study from the University of Chicago showed that when families do Bedtime Math together, kids’ math skills improve by months. Bedtime Math is also the creator of Crazy 8s, a lively, hands-on after-school math club that has donated more than 5,000 club kits nationwide, serving more than 80,000 children. For more information, visit www.bedtimemath.org.
