Box scores and sports news become math and reading practice. Your child still picks real NBA players and tries to beat another team.
Your child picks Basketball when they set up their team, then chooses a city, logo, and jersey. Football is its own league with its own team and standings.
Every roster has 10 real NBA players: guards, forwards, and centers. Kids can draft on their own, with their class, or with their family squad.
Two guards, two forwards, and one center start each week. The other five players stay on the bench until your child swaps them in.
Each week the five starters take on another team. Every starter’s best single game of the week counts toward the team score, and the higher total wins.
Math built from real NBA stats, plus sports news about the teams and players they drafted, earns boosts and upgrades.
Prefer football? LitZone has a separate league for fantasy football for kids too, with the same reading and math.
NBA teams play several games a week, so LitZone scores by the week. Kids set one lineup, then follow the games to see how their starters do.
A week’s lineup locks when the first NBA game of that week starts. Kids can set next week’s lineup ahead of time, and if they do nothing, last week’s lineup carries over.
A starter’s score for the week is their single best game, not the total of every game. A game only counts if the player was actually on the court, so a quiet night does not cost them the week.
Boosts earned through reading and math raise a player’s score in one game. A boost never multiplies a negative score.
Adding up a real box score is the math: multiplication, addition, and negative numbers in one stat line. Made shots add no penalty.
An example stat line, not a real player’s game.
Each week your child plays one matchup. Who they play depends on how they joined.
A parent can set up a family squad so the family plays each other in weekly matchups. The parent dashboard shows reading and math progress.
LitZone for familiesTeachers run a private class league from the free teacher portal, and students play each other each week. Class reporting shows reading and math progress.
LitZone for teachers and schoolsA child without a class or family squad plays another young LitZone player each week. Players appear by username only, with no chat and no direct messages.
Download LitZoneBasketball produces numbers and sports news every day. The practice is aligned to Common Core ELA and Math for grades 3-8.
Example question
A guard takes 15 shots and makes 7. About what percent of his shots went in?
Fractions · percentages · estimation
Example task
Read sports news about a team you drafted, find the main idea, and name the detail that explains a player’s big night.
Main idea · evidence · critical thinking
No chat, direct messages, or comment sections, and no ads. Rewards are earned through reading and math.
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators
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