| | |  | Dancing & Learning | Home » » » Rock 'N Learn: Fractions & Decimals | | | | | | | Description: | | RL-981 Cool music, colorful animation, amusing characters, and lots of humor help students learn about fractions and decimals. Covers congruent parts, equivalent fractions, proper and improper fractions, mixed numerals, decimals, and more. Well-explained and clearly illustrated examples ensure that even difficult concepts are easy to grasp. Delayed answers give learners time to test their skills. Approx. 35 min. Ages 8 & up. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Rock 'N Learn | | Director:
| Richard Caudle | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Rock 'N Learn | | Run Time:
| 35 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| June 08, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
How to deal with improper fractions (without embarrassment)Apr 19, 2008
By Amanda Richards
Having practiced multiplication tables with the Rock and Rap DVDs in this series, next in line was fractions, and this DVD explains the basics in an easy to understand format using cartoons, visual aids and music.
The three cartoon characters explain the concepts of numerators and denominators using candy bars, pizza and gummy bears, and sing a song about congruent parts, which I learned are parts of the whole that are the same shape and size.
The DVD also covers equivalent fractions, proper and improper fractions and mixed numerals before shifting over to decimals. In the decimal section, it covers tenths, hundredths and thousandths, converting fractions to decimals, and adding and subtracting with common denominators. It also touches on handling really long conversions like 1/3.
This one is more informative than the multiplication DVDs, and rather than just recitation, there are things to be learned here. The key points are repeated and reinforced, and there is also a section where students can give the answer before the DVD does.
Again, this DVD works best as a back-up learning tool to supplement what the child is doing in school, and the only thing that could be improved is the animation. Rated: 4.5 stars
Amanda Richards, April 18, 2008
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Great Introduction and ReviewFeb 23, 2008
By Kitty Brewer
"Former Teacher"
This is great as an introduction to learning and understanding fractions. It uses items that children can relate to (pizza, candy, etc.)and that they would use in every day life so that they can see the relevance of fractions The music is upbeat and the graphics are excellent. It gives explanations, examples, and graphics for every concept about fractions. It also has questions after each concept to test their understanding of what has been shown. This is also good for a general review of fractions. Every math teacher should have this DVD in their colection.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
My 7 years old learn Fraction from itDec 29, 2010
By JC
I think this is a nice visual presentation about Fraction and Decimals. Before having this video, my child could not do the addition/subtraction of fraction though I tried my best to draw pizza/pie to explain. This video was amazing in getting his attention. The fraction and decimals were introduced in easy and fun. After watching the video once, he could correct all the errors in his homework all by himself. His confidence with math is back! Thanks to this nice DVD.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great educational DVD for fractions and decimals!Jan 16, 2012
By Thai4U n BBQ2
"SmokeInTheKitchen"
We have been using the newer animated Rock and Learn series DVDs for about 1 year now. This newer series of their products use animated characters versus the older series of Rock and Learn products that use people playing guitars and cheesy powerpoints flashing around them. The newer animated series probably have less Rock music in them versus the older ones, but the format for learning I think has greatly improved with the newer series, and the creativity is much higher than before. While these DVDs are probably a bit too corney for the age that they are targeting on the label, they will learn from them. Where these DVDs I believe are great are for the younger, quick learners that have not reached 3rd grade; they will probably find the animation more on par with their maturity level.
The visual examples that they use along with the animated characters and their interaction with other animated characters to understand concepts being presented is excellent, creative and keeps younger children's interest. Our boys are very advanced for their age (4.5 and Kindergarten), and these have been helpful tools for them to learn concepts at a very young age.
Only the Kindergartner fully understand the fractions and decimals DVD; he is working at 4-5th grade level math. For most children this age including our own 4.5 year old, I think this DVD might be too soon to introduce. If you have young, quick learners, I might make sure they have mastered Rock 'n Learn's Time, and Money DVDs before attempting to introduce the Fraction DVD. If your child fully understand adding, and subtraction of whole number including money ($ and cents), then this DVD helps take them to the next level with decimals and fractions. We found that understanding money is a very useful tool for helping kids understand these higher level math concepts (fractions and decimals); our everyday coins which they should be familar with are simply fractional representations of a dollar.
Overall, this fraction DVD should be a very helpful tool to supplement education of this topic for young and older children. You may want other tools to help reinforce and master the math concepts explained in these videos such as practice worksheets like Kumon Fractions and Decimals (Grade, 4, 5) or Kumon Fractions (Grade 6). However, many of their DVDs have a practice test that reviews subject material, and show kids how to carefully take a multiple question test. I believe that thier DVDs are a must have for the home-schooling parents. As an adult, I have learned some things from their Science series for 4th and 5th grade. Thanks to Rock and Learn I may now be smarter than a 5th grader - at least in science, and math :)
Our favorites Rock and Learn DVDs with animation are listed:
Telling Time (age level is 6 and up)
Money and Making change (age level is 6 and up)
Fractions & Decimals (age level is 8 and up)
Science series DVDs:
Human Body (Grade 4 and up)
Three other DVDs - Life Science, Earth Science, and Physcial Science (Grade 5 and up)
Older style series:
Spanish Rock 'n Learn
Our 4.5 year old really likes the Human Body DVD for 4th graders. Our just-turned 6 year old really likes all the science DVDs with Earth Science as his favorite. Really, it is amazing to observe how much they can learn at such a young age, if they enjoy the material.
While I've provided the stated age levels from each Rock and Learn DVD, our young and quick learners seem to like them all. Every child is unique, and have their own time for interest and readiness. Nobody probably knows the child better than the CEO of their young life - the parent. If you buy it, and your child doesn't have an interest, simply try again in 1/2 year to a year later. At some point they will probably find it helpful to their understanding.
If your not sure about a purchase, try checking your local library. Here in Phoenix, we found that many of these DVDs are at the local libraries. Yet, for the price on Amazon, we prefer to purchase and keep them at home so when the kids want to watch, they can. Repetition helps them remember and keep these facts.
Lastly, you can visit Rock 'n Learn's website for free study materials on there DVD topics at www MarkoThePencil.com There are practice tests and study materials that your child can use to be sure they know the material.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 It's educational but doesn't hold my kids attention very well.Sep 14, 2009
By Jeffrey C. Wiseman
It's educational but doesn't hold my kids attention very well. They watched it a couple of times but they rather see other educational videos we have (Leapfrog, Little Einstein) . I think its approach is a bit below their level (My kids are 6 and 8 years old).
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