A new device called the Teachermate, makes math and other disciplines of learning very much fun experience for children. Seen in this morning on Today Show the Teachermate makes the learning experience not as much listening, but from click to click. The cost of this learning device is not expensive either.

Teachermate looks like a video game. MSNBC showed a classroom where the first graders were all using this gadget device. It leaves an impressions that instead of learning the kids are playing video games. Yet, this is a new and innovative way of a learning experience, which is fun for kids as well.

The device, which looks like a hand-held computer is built by Innovation for Learning, an organization that aims to “develop educational technology that empowers educators to teach all children to read, write and do math, so that every child has the opportunity to succeed in school and beyond.” This organization, that innovated the Teachermate is a non-profit organization. It aims to innovate children’s learning experience and believes that the failure to innovate in the past has left millions of children and adults in this generation illiterate.

The point is, if children want to spend endless hours playing video games, why it’s not possible to make the playing of games an experience where kids sharpen their knowledge of math, science and increase their level of literacy.

One thing is certain, the learning experience has already changed, and the future of learning and studying may be much different from what we know today.

The TeacherMate covers reading and math activities. Those learning activities cover areas ranging from spelling to fluency and comprehension, practicing math and leaning key concepts of measuring legth, temperature and geometric shapes and even counting money.

The device has only one time cost. The TeacherMate costs $100 dollars. Innovations for Learning says schools can equip classrooms with this device and all supporting hardware for teaching for a price ranging from $400 to $2500 dollars.

The TeacherMate is created by a lawyer, father, who thought of giving children a hand-held device that they can play while learning math and science. Seth Weinberger is now the executive director of Innovations for Learning organization that makes the device.

Recent studies show that schools using the Teachermate double performance and the scores are up. This device may not replace book, but the hope is that kids will start appreciate books and learning more because of the TeacherMate that makes learning fun.