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Motivate your students with Prodigy

Set goals, give rewards and create challenges that’ll inspire teamwork and friendly competition among your students as they play Prodigy.

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Prodigy is free for teachers and schools

Engage, motivate and challenge your students

Use your teacher portal to set challenges and goals that’ll engage your class and motivate them to practice more questions.
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Classroom Goals & Rewards

Inspire your class to practice more skills and answer more questions with a Classroom Goal. When your class reaches their goal, you can gift them an in-game reward.

Available for Prodigy Math.

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State Challenge

The biggest math competition on the planet! With over $1,000,000 in prizes available to be won, your school will compete against other schools in your state to learn math, level up, and claim incredible rewards.

Available for Prodigy Math within the US only.

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Classroom Challenge

Inspire friendly competition in your class with a challenge to answer as many questions possible in a given period. Students who answer the most questions earn a certificate.

Available for Prodigy Math outside of the US only.

How Prodigy supports teachers and students

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Student engagement

Prodigy's game-based format turns assessments into exciting adventures, replacing test stress and anxiety with fun gameplay that inspires a love of learning.

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Curriculum-aligned

Made by teachers, Prodigy's educational content is aligned to your standards and covers skills from elementary to middle school grade levels.

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Free for teachers

Don't let classroom budgets hold you back. Prodigy is free for teachers and schools, meaning no fees, no licences and no financial burden for educators.

Also included in your portal

With Prodigy's free teacher portal, you'll have access to a range of features designed to support your everyday instruction.
  • Reports that show you how your students are progressing through a topic, curriculum or assessment.
  • Assessments that let you test topic knowledge, student comprehension or prepare for standardized testing.
  • Co-teaching that lets you easily co-operate with other teachers in your school to access and support your class.
  • Classroom management tools that make it easy to connect your class, invite parents and refer other teachers for rewards.

Why Prodigy?

"With my group of diverse learners – typically those that struggle with motivation and independent functioning — I see a high level of engagement... With most other things there’s reluctance, and they definitely are more engaged with Prodigy."
Mackenzie

Mackenzie Beisser

6th Grade Special Education Teacher
Chicago, Illinois

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Prodigy can help shift students’ mindsets to math

Certain students saw a significant improvement in math enjoyment with Prodigy.

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Prodigy brings game-based learning to life

"To have Prodigy as a tool to help with that excitement is the best thing ever."

Frequently Asked
Questions

How is Prodigy free for teachers?
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Prodigy is a completely free resource for teachers, designed to support learning and ease classroom budget constraints. Over 800,000 teachers use Prodigy annually at no cost, including access to thousands of standards-aligned questions in math and English.

Offering free in-game educational content enjoyed by millions of students, Prodigy is sustained by optional parent memberships that provide additional gameplay features and promote family engagement.

Why should I choose Prodigy?
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There are lots of options when it comes to online tools for your classroom. But would your students love using them as much as they’ll love Prodigy?

Prodigy doesn’t just give your students a way to practice math and English. It turns classes into exciting worlds filled with quests, creativity and rewards.

While students play, our adaptive algorithm delivers questions that keep them engaged without getting frustrated. Whether they’re playing at home or at school, Prodigy can help your students discover a passion for learning.

How does Prodigy support my everyday classroom instruction?
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We’re here to make your job as a teacher easier. That means:

  • Allowing you to customize the content your students receive in-game
  • Engaging students so they’re excited to learn and spend more time on task
  • Providing you with the real-time data you need to make important teaching decisions

We always recommend taking advantage of all the tools Prodigy’s platform has to offer. But we also know that #TeacherLife is busy. No matter how you use Prodigy, you can rest assured that students are always answering adaptive, standards-aligned questions. Plus, Prodigy teachers can get extra time-saving tips in our teacher community on Facebook.

How does Prodigy protect student privacy?
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We understand the critical importance of keeping students safe online, and we've prioritized privacy, safety, and security features within the Prodigy Education platform. Although Prodigy does not require a Data Privacy Agreement, we're pleased to share that we are members of Access 4 Learning / Student Data Privacy Consortium and use a form of the National Data Privacy Agreement. We have also received certification from iKeepSafe®, confirming our compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and CSPC regulations.

When students play Prodigy Math and Prodigy English, no personal information or inappropriate language can be shared with or seen by other users.

Learn more about our Privacy Policy or about Data Privacy Agreements.

Is Prodigy aligned to my school, state or national standards?
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Yes, Prodigy aligns with school, state, and national standards.

Prodigy Math offers comprehensive coverage for a wide range of curricula in the US, including Common Core, TEKS (Texas), SOL (Virginia), and many more state-specific standards. It also provides coverage for curricula in Canada, Australia, India, and the UK.

Prodigy English currently aligns with Common Core standards for grades 1-6, with more coverage on the way.

For a full breakdown of all the standards and skills Prodigy covers, see our math curriculum coverage and English curriculum coverage pages.

What do students see when playing Prodigy?
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What students see will depend on whether they are playing Prodigy Math or Prodigy English.

In Prodigy Math, students customize their character's appearance and engage in an immersive storyline with math battles against Prodigy creatures. The math question interface offers video lessons, hint bubbles, and text-to-speech support, along with tools like digital manipulatives. Correct answers progress the game, while incorrect answers result in a missed move. The engaging battle aspect of the game motivates students and builds their math confidence as they answer standards-aligned questions.

In Prodigy English, students immerse themselves in building an online village while mastering curriculum-aligned reading, writing, and language skills. As they explore and collect supplies, students answer standards-aligned questions to earn energy, which is essential for improving their village and progressing in this sandbox-style game.

Can I select content based on what I’m teaching in class?
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Yes, you can select content in Prodigy based on what you're teaching in class. The platform allows you to align the in-game questions with your current curriculum, ensuring that students practice and reinforce the concepts you're covering in class.

What are Prodigy's Memberships?
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Prodigy's Memberships are paid subscriptions that unlock extra in-game features and benefits for students. These engaging and fun incentives can help boost the time spent learning and answering math and English questions. Members can also become more motivated to spend extra time playing Prodigy and level up their math skills. The more students play, the more insight teachers can get into their progress and learning.

Parents also benefit from a Membership too. If a student already has one, their parent or guardian will automatically be able to get the following features in their parent account:

  • Printable Practice Sheets
  • The ability to Cheer Them On in-game when learning
  • Gain access to a variety of Video Lessons to support their education
  • Set learning goals and send exclusive in-game rewards to motivate your child
  • See how many questions they answer, the grade level they are performing at and the areas where they need more practice via the Practice Areas
  • Get extra insights to support their child's learning even more with access to a Curriculum Progress report and monthly Report Card to track their performance

Our mission is to help every student in the world love learning. Memberships not only support your child's development. They allow us to continue providing all of the educational content in our games to students and schools for free.Note: Prodigy Memberships purchased through the Prodigy iOS app can only be canceled by following Apple's auto-renewal subscription cancellation procedure. For more information about memberships purchased through the iOS app, see our helpdesk article.