Educational Insights Hot Dots Let's Master Kindergarten Math Set

Bought these for my niece for each age group both math and English she loved them and used on long car rides.

Hot dots is a fun and interactive way for kids to learn and have fun at the same time! I have been looking for some ways to prepare my 5 year old for kindergarten in the fall but I didn’t want to make her do worksheets so hot dots is the perfect way for her to continue to learn at home in a fun way. The Ace pen is adorable and provides instant feedback letting her know if she answered correctly or not. I love that 2 books are included in the set and it covers a lot of different early math skills so she will be very prepared and ready for kindergarten. We will definitely be buying more of the hot dots sets. Highly recommend!

My almost 5 year old absolutely loves this. Comes with two different books and there are a ton of different activities between the two of them. The dog pen is adorable, and it's very interactive. I love that it's an interactive way for him to learn and practice his math skills without a screen.

ok so this is a great set if you want to sit with your child and help them by reading the directions and helping them navigate what to do on several of the pages. I was hoping this was more like a self-correcting activity that my younger son could work on while I was working with my older son on other activities. This doesn't work out very well because a few of the pages are not very intuitive, especially for kids that can't read the directions. I am thinking about just cutting those pages out and then this might be less frustrating. Also, children need to know the numbers by their written names "one" "two" "three" up to "ten", so maybe practice those words as sight word flashcards before you introduce them to this book.

I will continue buying Hot Dots for anything my kindergartener struggles with, in school. He went from complaining “Math is too hard, I’m just not good at it” go getting 100% on near every test. At his last parent teacher conference his teacher mentioned his confidence in math and his newfound love for it. I believe these books made it fun and gave him the encouragement he needed to really excel. I recommended them to his teacher, all of my friends, family, and just about anyone who’ll listen.

My 4 year old and I love this product. I like that it encompasses a good variety of Preschool/Kindergarten math skills such as shapes, patterns, number recognition, adding/subtracting, money and graphing. She definitely needs my help for some of it (especially the parts where she needs to read a number word or a direction on a page), but that is how I intended to use it (as a teaching tool for us to do together). But, there are also lots of parts that she is able to do without direction from me, which is great for her to do while I need to cook dinner! She loves the dog "pen" and how it speaks and lights up green when she gets an answer correct. This product gets a thumbs up from my daughter and me, a former 1st grade teacher!

My 5 year old grandson really enjoys doing the problem solving in the whole book and he really likes the dog pen. One thing he actually found himself was on page 29 with the problem at the top of the page where it shows the numbers and has the same amount of dots under the number. The question is to say what number represents the amount of dots missing which is number 2. After solving it he actually told me there was a mistake. Under the number 5 only has four dots. I was amazed he found that error on his own.

My granddaughters love these books. They seem like a fun way to get the girls ready for school and they love the instant response.

The pen is built by cheap materials, couldn’t open to insert battery and finally managed to open the cap, the pen didn’t work…disappointing

My grandson has played this every day since he got it.

Mi hijo lo amo

Anything that gamifies learning is a hit with my pre-k kid. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is due to the fact that an adult must be present to read the instructions on each page, unless your kindergartener is comfortable reading.

After about a month of use the dog pen stopped working properly. The return window is closed. I have sent an email to Educational Insights. Hope they can replace it for me. Could not find a way to communicate directly with Amazon about the issue.