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How to Raise a Kid Who Loves Math

As national math scores continue to drop, many parents are left wondering how to ignite a spark for math in their kids.
Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them.
“It All Adds Up,” is an effort to help WKAR-area families build kids’ math skills. Through this effort, WKAR aims to boost math learning at home – and everywhere – by providing PBS KIDS resources for ...
Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergartners' arithmetic performance simply by exercising their intuitive number sense ...
Parents teach young children to love books by reading to them, often at bedtime. Laura and John Overdeck love math, so they started giving their kids a word problem to solve each night before tucking ...
Outdoor activities provide ample opportunities for math learning without any cost. Go on a nature walk where you ask your ...
Sometime in elementary school, you quit counting your fingers and just know the answer. Now scientists have put youngsters into brain scanners to find out why, and watched how the brain reorganizes ...
Recently, the National Center for Education Statistics released the Nation’s Report Card of student progress in reading and math. These scores are based on the National Assessment of Educational ...
You may draw examples from Miguel Secillano, Terence Tao, or even from Shakuntala Devi, all you want – but if getting your kid to sit with their math homework is nothing short of a challenge for you, ...