Archive for the ‘Parent Tips’ Category
March 15th, 2010
by Sue in Math in Real Life, Parent Tips
5 Tips to Make the Most of Everyday Math Learning Opportunities
The web is full of sites that are designed to help parents teach math to their children. The DreamBox website offers parent tips for each grade level, and we include math games and fun activities parents can do with their children every month in our parent newsletter. The more parents tune in to the math [...]
March 9th, 2010
by Guest in Math in Real Life, Parent Tips
1, 2, 3, and More! 7 Great Ideas for Teaching Early Math Skills
A guest article by The Savvy Source
How do children learn through shapes, patterns, and numbers?
All those hours of fun your child spends playing with shape sorters, puzzles, and blocks, putting pennies into his piggy bank, and helping you make cupcakes. Guess what? He is absorbing early math skills all the while playing these games: geometry, [...]
December 30th, 2009
by Mickelle in Math in Real Life, Parent Tips
Home for the Holidays? Count Those Coins!
Every year my husband rolls his annual collection of coins and donates the money to charity. Last night he had our 4-year old daughter, Elle, helping him for the first time. He knows (because he’s learned from me!) that rolling coins offers many learning opportunities for children of all ages. With schools closed for winter [...]
September 14th, 2009
by Alyssa in Homeschooling, Math fun, Parent Tips
7 Math Storybooks Every Child Should Read, No. 7: Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar
It is time to wind up our series of great math stories for kids. Remind your kids of the math they are learning with these stories. They're enjoyable for kids and adults, and there are many activities that you can use to reinforce your child's math lessons.
September 3rd, 2009
by Alyssa in Homeschooling, Math fun, Parent Tips
Math Learning Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers
Tour a landmark building that has a great view of the city, like the Empire State Building or the Space Needle. Bring math into the experience by discussing the height of the building, when it was built, and how many people it took to build it.
August 28th, 2009
by Alyssa in Homeschooling, Math fun, Parent Tips
7 Math Storybooks Every Child Should Read, No. 6: Math Curse
Kids always have more free time over the summer, and it can be hard to keep up with them. Have you started running out of new books for them to read with you, and you don’t have the time to search out new books?
August 21st, 2009
by Alyssa in Homeschooling, Math fun, Parent Tips
7 Math Storybooks Every Child Should Read, No. 5: A Very Improbable Story
Summer is dwindling, and some children see the first day of school looming towards them. They want to pack in as much fun as possible in their remaining weeks of freedom, but you want to get a little math into their routine. How do we solve this? Read another fun book that kids will learn [...]
August 20th, 2009
by Tracy in Parent Tips
Back-to-School Resources Round Up
It's that time of year again. The return of brown paper bags, fresh green apples, and golden-flecked leaves. Back-to-school! You know it as those hectic days when you scour stores looking for blinding white sneakers, Ed Hardy folders, and no. 2 pencils. Your kids know it as a time to reunite with old friends, get a new teacher, and reinvent themselves.
August 18th, 2009
by Alyssa in Homeschooling, Parent Tips
What Can a Homeschooling Parent Do When Math Isn’t a Strength?
A homeschool co-op is a group of homeschooling families that gather to enrich their kid’s education. Here's some homeschool co-op info for beginners.
August 15th, 2009
by Sue in Math fun, Parent Tips
More Kitchen Math
Last month we had some good kid time in the kitchen as we developed our monthly DreamBox newsletter on Kids' Kitchen Math.
August 12th, 2009
by Alyssa in Homeschooling, Math fun, Parent Tips
7 Math Storybooks Every Child Should Read, No. 4: How Big is a Foot?
Summer is full of wonderful outdoors activities to take advantage of the beautiful weather. But what about those rainy days when the children are full of energy and have nowhere to go?
August 5th, 2009
by Alyssa in Math fun, Parent Tips
7 Math Storybooks Every Child Should Read, No. 3: Math Fables
Does your child love to hear the story of Little Red Riding Hood? What about the Princess and the Pea? As summer heats up and children want to stay up later, reading fables could be a great addition to their bedtime routine.
July 28th, 2009
by Alyssa in Homeschooling, Math fun, Parent Tips
7 Math Storybooks Every Child Should Read, No. 2: Quack and Count
Kids have an insatiable interest in story books and they love hearing the same stories again and again. Are you getting tired of some of the classics and looking for new additions to your child’s book list?
July 22nd, 2009
by Alyssa in Math fun, Parent Tips
7 Math Storybooks Every Child Should Read: One Watermelon Seed
It’s summer time, filled with heat, sun, and plenty of time outside. But with school out until the fall, do you want to continue your child’s math learning at home? Children's literature is a great way of getting some math into busy summer schedules...
June 30th, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Parent Tips
Fun Summer Math Games: Avoid the Summer Slide
Math skills can be hard to retain during summer vacation. Kids may spend hours reading books at the beach and doing crafts at camp, but when do they practice math? Kids who practice summer math will have an easier time transitioning...
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