Gem Hunt: Maths & Spelling

Gem Hunt is a treasure hunting game that quietly teaches maths and spelling. Sweep the detector across the sand. Dig where it glows red. Answer a question to keep what you find. There are thirty two gems to collect across ten areas, from a warm shallow cove to the rim of a volcano. Eleven of them are only found in the full game. Questions that follow your child A grown-up picks an age group once, when the digger is created. After that the game moves on its own: three correct answers in a row and it steps up, two wrong and it eases back. Your child is never shown a level number and never told they are behind. Maths and English are mapped to the Australian Curriculum, Foundation to Year 5. First letter sounds and counting to five at one end; area, decimals and figurative language at the other. A wrong answer still keeps the gem There is no punishment loop. Get it wrong, keep the gem…