The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...

“Come see this work,” she said with a huge smile on her face. I traveled down the hallway to the 3rd grade teacher’s classroom where she had a stack of student artwork ready for me to view. “I am just ...

In third grade, I had my first taste of stress: multiplication table worksheets.  The numbers on the page were indecipherable ...

Count forwards and backwards in eights using this counting stick. If we know the answer to a multiplication number sentence or multiplication fact we can work out the answer to an unknown number ...

At the math workshop the tables were full of materials: faux cedar strips, dry erase markers, dice, scissors. Educators streamed into the Vancouver conference room to learn how curriculum specialists ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

Math worksheets don’t have to feel like busywork. When my son was younger, I noticed he stayed far more engaged when math practice had a seasonal twist, whether it was counting Valentine’s hearts, ...

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Many children fear math due to pressure and difficulty. Parents can foster a love for numbers by making learning playful through games and daily life examples. Praising effort over results, ...