This page features information for both homeschooling families and general support for math learning at home. I hope you find it helpful as a parent or as a teacher. Reading Recommendations For Parents: What's Math Got To Do With It? by Jo Boaler Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler Math-Positive Mindsets: Growing a Child's Mind without Losing Yours by Carrie S Cutler For kids: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra by Wendy Lichtman - for teens as the main character is 8th gr. The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger - recommended for ages 11+ Resources Looking for some awesome, pre-printed supplemental activities to fit with your current curriculum and help make practice feel more like a game? Check out my grade level samplers and content centers. Click here! We can all use some support for math learning at home. Check out my friend Glenna Tabor and her videos that support math learning at home. She has some great ideas! Subscribe to her YouTube channel by clicking the image below. Could your student use another explanation of a concept or math idea? I highly encourage you to check out Khan Academy online. It is free and sometimes its good to have another person explaining. Plus students can watch as many times as needed and the video never gets tired lol. Games, Apps, Lessons, and More - NCTM Illuminations Lots of options at PBS Learning Media including video and game content to make math relevant, fun, and interesting. Family Learning Looking for ways to involve the family in math learning. Figure This from our national math council (NCTM) has a great index of family math challenges for all levels. Personal financial literacy is a super important concept. While we include these topics in math curriculum, often it can be helpful to have more resources to teach kids about their financial health without math processes getting in the way. Check out my friend Keli who teaches kids all about personal finance. She has solutions for families with elementary and teen aged kids. The Smart Money Academy Are you on Facebook? If so, please follow my page for ideas and inspiration. I'll also be soon starting a private group option where families or homeschooling parents can get special tips, ideas, or even help on-demand when you get stuck on a math concept and just need a little expert support. Plus everyone in the group can support each other with ideas of what's working (or not). Email me if you would be interested in joining for a small membership fee. (integralmathematics@gmail.com) Who else to follow? Math Cuts - here's a great video too on dividing decimals using models Pam Harris - she's a guru at numeracy and numerical thinking Parent Support The Top 3 Facts Every Parent Needs to Know About Today's Math - YouTube videoThe Best Math Practices for Teachers - while this one is aimed at math teachers I think its helpful for parents to also hear the reasons why the way we teach math today (as opposed to how you likely learned it) is important to know. Websites of Interest Build Math Minds by The Recovering Traditionalist YouCubed by Jo Boaler and Stanford University MathBits - lots of resources plus graphing calculator cheat sheets to help your student Interesting other Tips
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