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Originally Published: January 1999 The holidays are over and its time to get back to the academic routine-but, that doesn’t mean assignments must be dull. Begin the year’s math lessons with a topic most kids enjoy, money. Grades K – 2: Use pennies, nickels and dimes for totals up to 25 cents. Grades 3 – …
Originally Published: May/June 2006 Are you eager for your children to be able to work independently? Most of us juggle so many responsibilities that it’s impossible to direct our kids all the time. We may sometimes supplement with software, videos, books on tape—anything they can do alone. Happily, there are also activities that will train …
As a math tutor, I frequently work with kids having difficulty staying focused. Even when they are able to compute accurately, if a problem requires more than one step to solve, they frequently lose track of what they are ultimately supposed to find out. Therefore, my job includes helping these students develop work habits and …
Why do kids that have no difficulty with computation suddenly become totally confused when given a word problem? Kids tend to look for the quickest and easiest way to complete a lesson. Therefore, once they see a pattern, they simply plug in the assigned numbers. Since this does not require understanding, they can appear to …