The top 10 tips to help your 2nd grader progress in math while boosting their confidence and making learning enjoyable along the way!
Inspire Learning With DreamBox Second Grade Math
Help your second grader build essential math skills with interactive games and a proven curriculum
Mastering second-grade math concepts is critical for a strong learning foundation. From measuring objects to drawing shapes, our online math program helps strengthen your second grader’s essential skills. With exciting challenges and interactive activities, DreamBox Math helps your first grader build confidence in their abilities—all while having fun!
Inspire Learning With DreamBox Second Grade Math
Help your second grader build essential math skills with interactive games and a proven curriculum
Mastering second-grade math concepts is critical for a strong learning foundation. From measuring objects to drawing shapes, our online math program helps strengthen your second grader’s essential skills. With exciting challenges and interactive activities, DreamBox Math helps your first grader build confidence in their abilities—all while having fun!
Learning Tailored to Your Child
ADAPTS TO THEIR NEEDS
Each second grader learns uniquely, and DreamBox adjusts in real time to meet their needs. Whether they’re excelling or needing extra guidance, DreamBox personalizes lessons to ensure steady growth.
Simple and Stress-Free Startup
NO COST TO START
Getting started with DreamBox is effortless! Sign up for a free 14-day trial—no credit card required—and explore a program designed to help your child succeed in math.
Focus On What Matters
TARGET SPECIFIC SKILLS
Is your second grader excelling in subtraction but needs more help with geometry? DreamBox’s assignment tool lets you track progress and assign lessons to focus on improvement areas. Customizing lessons builds confidence and reinforces critical skills.
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Benefits of DreamBox for Second Grade Math
Nearly half of second graders in the US are falling behind in math (CRPE). DreamBox can help students get back on track. Plus, unlike other online math programs, DreamBox Math makes learning fun for second graders and offers valuable progress insights for parents and teachers.
Designed for Young Learners
DreamBox Math captures the attention of second-grade students with interactive games, lovable characters, exciting challenges, and more.
Ongoing Progress Tracking
DreamBox consistently monitors progress, eliminating the need for single placement tests. You’ll have a complete view of your second grader’s achievements, performance, and growth trends.
Meaningful Screen Time
Engaging lessons turn screen time into a guilt-free way for your second grader to learn and grow!
Personalized Lesson Plans
DreamBox adjusts as second-grade students complete lessons, tailoring the content to their current skill level and providing a customized learning experience.
Measurable Growth
DreamBox provides visible progress. Kids who spend just 30–60 minutes a week on DreamBox typically gain 1.5 grade levels by year-end.
Recognized Success
DreamBox Learning is the only dual-discipline program rated STRONG by Evidence for ESSA, demonstrating efficacy across all achievement levels and learning environments.
Second Grade Curriculum Alignment
By the end of the school year, your second grader should feel confident with these key math concepts
- Addition and Subtraction: Solve addition and subtraction problems.
- Comparisons & Ordering: Placing numbers on a number line.
- Shapes and Geometry: Partitioning with halves, thirds, and fourths, and drawing shapes.
- Time and Measurement: Practice telling time and measuring objects
Our second grade math curriculum is rigorously designed to match each US state’s math standards, Common Core and several Canadian standards. Second grade math concepts covered include:
- Finding equal expressions and assessing equality
- Comparing numbers up to 1,000
- Adding and subtracting groups of tends
- Place value up to 1,000
- Building bar graphs
- Measuring objects with various standard units
- Drawing shapes
- And more!
Easy access anytime, anywhere
DreamBox is available on computers, laptops, and iPads through an internet browser and via our iPad app. Whether at home, in the car, or at the park, your first grader can keep practicing math wherever they are. At this time, DreamBox Math is not available on smartphones, Android tablets, or eReaders.
FAQs
Yes! DreamBox offers multiple grade levels and family plan options to make it easier than ever to support your child’s math learning.
DreamBox Math empowers second graders by analyzing how they approach and solve problems in each lesson. It adjusts activities to match their individual learning style and needs, ensuring they’re consistently challenged at the right level. As your child learns and grows, DreamBox monitors their progress and refines lessons to support their development. This personalized approach creates an individualized learning journey just for them!
Support your second grader’s success with DreamBox by setting fun, achievable learning goals together! Kids love seeing their progress on DreamBox, which keeps them engaged and motivated. Start with small milestones like “Let’s finish 5 lessons this week” and work up to bigger challenges, such as “I’ll master these math skills this month!”
Celebrating their efforts and achievements builds their confidence. If math becomes tricky, encourage persistence and talk about what they’re learning. Simple questions like “What did you learn in math today?” can spark meaningful discussions and show your encouragement.
Take advantage of the DreamBox Family Dashboard to track their progress and celebrate their achievements. You can even print certificates to commemorate milestones and make their success extra special!
No, there’s no credit card required to start a free trial with DreamBox.
Second Grade Math Resources
They’re growing fast, and so are their math skills! DreamBox has everything students need to succeed in 2nd grade math, from guides on place value and measurement units to exercises that will help your child grow their understanding of telling time and using money. Explore all DreamBox has to offer and watch them master math for 2nd grade.
The Common Core State Standards describe what students in the US should learn by the end of each school year. This article provides parents and caregivers with an overview of the 2nd grade Common Core math standards.
Second grade is an exciting time to be a mathematician! Practice addition, subtraction, place value, geometry, and more with this list of math problems for second graders.
