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Be part of our company — If you follow us on social media, subscribe to our newsletter or read our blog, you may have seen that we are currently in the middle of a community round with WeFunder. Then again, maybe you do all of those things, and you haven’t. A few years ago, we were […]

Invest in our WeFunder Today! “Friends Invest First” Ends 6/30

June 28, 2022 in Educational Games / Founders Corner by Maria Burns Ortiz

When people ask us about why we started 7 Generation Games, I talk about how we believed there had to be a better way. To us, that initially meant a better way to teach math and engage kids. But as 7 Generation Games has grown, our mission of doing better […]

What is 7 Gen Blocks? A Platform to Make Educational Games

June 15, 2022 in Customized Games / Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

At 7 Generation Games, we support bilingual education! Bilingual education is important because there are so many benefits that come with being bilingual. A few benefits include having a more flexible and agile mind, better communication skills, and your brain gets a workout which means being bilingual makes you smarter. […]

Need Bilingual Resources? We Have Them!

June 10, 2022 in Bilingual Education / Educational Games / Educational Resources tagged Bilingual Education / Educational Resources by Diana Sanchez

If you read our blog, follow our social media, backed us on Kickstarter or subscribe to our newsletter, you may know by now that we are doing a community round as part of 7 Generation Games current fundraising round. Now, when I mentioned doing a community round to people who […]

Doing a Community Round… But What Will Investors Think?

June 7, 2022 in Educational Games / Founders Corner by Maria Burns Ortiz

Rousey - De Mars - Burns Ortiz Family photo — You're in luck! If you have not yet read our long-running family group text in "A Different Kind of Text-Book", here is your chance. We are giving away the hilarious and PG-13 family text-book.

The Family Text-Book is Back!

June 3, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries tagged Family Textbook / newsletter by Diana Sanchez

Earlier this week, we told you about how we launched a WeFunder campaign that allows anyone to become an investor in 7 Generation Games for $100 or less. Today, we wanted to tell you why. Not why you should invest in us and the work we’re doing (although we would […]

Why We Do What We Do & Why We’d Love ...

May 27, 2022 in Educational Games / Founders Corner by Maria Burns Ortiz

School is almost over! Now you can finish your professional development during the summer to get ready for summer school or fall semester! The 2022-23 school year will arrive faster than you think, so don’t wait up. You can join our Growing Math training webinar on Saturday June 25, 2022 […]

Check Summer Training Off Your List with Growing Math

May 25, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Growing Math tagged Asynchronous training / Growing Math / Growing Math Training / Professional Development / self-paced training / Summer / Summer Resources / Teacher Resources / Teacher Training by Christy Hanson

We founded 7 Generation Games seven years ago to meet a need we saw in our communities – the communities where we lived and the communities where we worked, communities that were underserved and overlooked. We saw that despite radical advances in technology over the last two decades, the equity […]

Become a Community Round Investor in 7 Generation Games

May 23, 2022 in Educational Games / Founders Corner by Maria Burns Ortiz

As you know, all our 7 Generation Games apps are standards aligned. We have since included standards for math, English and Navajo history. You can click here to view them. What Standards are included in Making Camp Navajo? We included Common Core State Standards for mathematics and ELA. Dine’ Content […]

Making Camp Navajo Standards

May 19, 2022 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / newsletter / standards / Teacher Resources by Christy Hanson

alejandro — 5 ways Growing Math makes summer school prep easy- 1. Supplemental lessons that are both engaging and standards-aligned, with all the resources you need included. 2. Educational games with standards-aligned content that students can play in class or at home for remediation, reinforcing a concept or a reward for getting their work done early. 3. An entire summer school course of the Growing Math lessons. You'll be amazed how quickly you can pull this together. 4. Include more diverse perspectives in your classroom, from Latino history to Dakota culture, integrated with math and language arts 5. Self-paced teacher training that can be done in as little as 15-minute increments

Feeling unprepared for summer school? Let Growing Math help you

May 15, 2022 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Educational Games / Mathematics / Newsletter / Teachers tagged Growing Math / Growing Math Training / Math / Math Resources / Summer / summer learning / Summer Learning Loss / Summer Resources / summer slide / summer vacation / Vacation by AnnMaria De Mars

deer skin, bow and other trading items in a clearing — "Why are you working on a game that was done years ago? Why on earth would you be happy about that?" This is a question I get asked by everyone from investors to teachers to random people sitting next to me on an airplane. Here are 4 answers to that question.

4 reasons why Making Camp Lakota updates are a good ...

May 10, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

It is Mother’s Day this weekend. We are here to help you out in case you haven’t found that perfect Mother’s Day gift or worse yet, you forgot the date. (It happens.) 7 Generation Games is partnering up with the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation this Mother’s Day to help […]

Help Build Strong Communities for Mother’s Day

May 5, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Non-Profit / Non-Profit Fundraising / Strong Body Strong Mind tagged Donate / fundraising / Mother's Day / newsletter / non-profit / strong body / strong mind / Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation / strong mind studios by Diana Sanchez