Mia's Math Adventure: Just in Time!
{{Short description|2001 video game}}
{{Infobox VG
|title = Mia's Math Adventure
|image = Mia's Math Adventure - Just in Time! Coverart.png
|caption = Cover Art
|developer = Kutoka Interactive
|publisher = Kutoka Interactive
|engine = Macromedia Director
|series = Mia's Big Adventure Collection
|released = 2001
|genre = Educational
|modes = Adventure Mode, Activities Mode
|platforms = Windows, Macintosh
}}
Mia's Math Adventure: Just in Time! is the third title of the Mia's Big Adventure Collection software series created by Kutoka Interactive. Released in 2001 in Canada and the United States, the game teaches mathematics to children between 6 and 10 years old."[http://www.kutoka.com/_en/products_mia_math.html Mia's Math Adventure: Just in Time!]". Kutoka.com, retrieved on 2009-06-16
Adventure
Mia must travel back in time to prevent a terrible fire that has consumed her house. After helping Marty gather the parts to build a time-travelling machine, she returns in the past in order to discover the cause of the fire and prevent it from ever happening.
Activities
The game's 12 educational activities teach arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) geometry (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, closed and broken lines) logic, place value, fractions, measures, etc.
Critical reception
Mia's Math Adventure received positive reviews from the National Parenting Center,"[http://www.tnpc.com/search/tnpcarticle2.asp?rec=3686 Seal of Approval Winner Holiday 2001 - Mia - Just in Time!]". TNPC. 2009-06-16 USA Today, MacAddict, ReviewCorner.com,"[http://www.reviewcorner.com/software/miajustintimemath.html mia's math adventure: just in time]". Review Corner, retrieved on 2009-06-16 Maccentral.com, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Parent, and Los Angeles Times."[http://www.kutoka.com/_en/press_mia3.html Mia's Math Adventure: Just in Time! - Press Review & Awards]". Kutoka.com, retrieved on 2009-06-16
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = Review Corner
| award1Pub = Review Corner
| award1 = Award of Excellence
}}
The game received several awards from various organizations such as Parents' Choice, National Parenting Center,"[http://www.tnpc.com/search/tnpcarticle2.asp?rec=3686 Seal of Approval Winner Holiday 2001 - Mia - Just in Time!]". TNPC, retrieved on 2009-06-16 Coalition for Quality Children's Media"[http://www.kutoka.com/_en/corporate_awards.html#Math Mia Math Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111190506/http://www.kutoka.com/_en/corporate_awards.html#Math |date=2010-01-11 }}". Kutoka.com, retrieved on 2009-06-16"[http://www.kidsfirst.org/format/CD.html Kids First! CD Titles]". Kids First!, retrieved 2009-06-16 and iParenting Media Award."[http://iparentingmediaawards.com/winners/1/257-4-22.php Mia's Math Adventure - Just in Time!]". iParenting Media, retrieved on 2009-06-16
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.kutoka.com/_en/products_mia_math.html Mia's Math Adventure] at Kutoka.com
- {{moby game|id=/mias-big-adventure-collection-just-in-time}}
Category:Children's educational video games
Category:Mathematical education video games
Category:Video games about mice and rats