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Posts Tagged ‘Math learing tips for parents’


helping-parents-understand-how-children-learn-number

January 27th, 2011

by Sherry B in K-3 Curriculum, Parenting

Helping Parents Understand How Children Learn Number

Recently a parent of a kindergartener sent us an email expressing some concern that her child (Julie) was working with two digit numbers but hadn’t received any place value instruction. The parent was helping her daughter “answer” the lessons and she was concerned that DreamBox might have an instructional sequencing problem. This gave us a wonderful opportunity to put the [...]

thanksgiving-dinner-math-activities

November 19th, 2010

by Tracy H in Math fun, Math in Real Life

Thanksgiving Dinner Math Activities

How many people are coming over? How much food should we buy? How many pies should we make so each person gets a piece? These are the typical questions I hear each year. Many families prepare large meals for their family and friends; so it can be the perfect time to involve your children in [...]

5-tips-to-make-the-most-of-everyday-math-learning-opportunities

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 [...]









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