I’ve been doing a lot of presentations and working with different groups of teachers, which I love. I wanted to make sure you knew that we’ve added some new videos and lesson plans to the site such as: 1.) Subtracting Decimals Using Base 10 Blocks (two parts) (Grades 4/5) 2.) Subtracting Multi-Digit Numbers using …
Overcoming the Challenges of Math Teams
Early Predictors – What I Learned from Dr. Daniel Ansari’s Webinar
Early math achievement is a better predictor of success in school in general (math, reading, etc.) than early reading! I find this fascinating considering that there is WAY more funding and research of literacy than numeracy. For YEARS, I’ve been saying that numeracy is too important to always be playing second fiddle to literacy – …
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Parents – How to Help Your Children to Learn & Enjoy Math Part 3
I saved the best for last! Who doesn’t love playing games?! This last post for parents on how to support your children in building number sense is all about games. So far, we’ve explored how math is all around us and how we can think mathematically while reading, baking, out in nature or anywhere …
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Parents – How to Help Your Children to Learn & Enjoy Math Part 2
Most adults use estimation and calculators to do their daily math, rarely do they get out a piece of paper and pencil, yet so many of us view this as what math really is: worksheets or textbooks. There is often a big gap between ‘life math’ and ‘school math’. As we work on narrowing that …
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Parents – How to Help Your Children to Learn & Enjoy Math Part 1
In today’s post we will be exploring how to connect reading to math, math in the home, and math out in the ‘real world”. Parents are often wondering how to best support their kids at home in math. I’m writing a 3 blog series dedicated to just this! If you are a teacher, please feel free …
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