Ms. Infinity's Math Mansion: Third Grade

Miguel and Kelly, two third graders, are spending the afternoon at Ms. Infinity's math mansion, where they learn lessons in seven rooms, each one representing a strand of mathematics. Their guide, Cal, is a Robin Williams-type goof who makes a lot of bad jokes but gets them started on exercises in problem solving, computation, patterns, data collection, geometry, numeration, and measurement. It's a great concept, and marginally well executed, but the video suffers overall from a slow storyline and cheesy acting, as well as an accompanying curriculum that offers nothing new. If viewed in seven segments, this would probably go over better in a class of easily distracted 8-year-olds, but it remains an optional purchase. Aud: E. (E. Gieschen)