http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-education-blog.html The Math Education Blog for Parents explains what YOU, the Parent, can do to make your child more successful in his or her math education. en-us math education Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:36:38 GMT Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:36:38 GMT sensible-math-education.com http://www.sensible-math-education.com/american-math-education.html American math education is weak. Here are reasons why and what you can do about it. Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:36:36 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/improving-concentration.html Improving concentration skills can be fun. Here are many concentration techniques you and your child can do together. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:38:37 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/preschool-tracing.html Learn preschool tracing activities you can do with your child, including developing fine motor and other pre-writing skills. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:21:16 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/learning-math.html What is the Act of Learning Math? Let's compare it to Learning to Ride a Bike and find out how anyone, with the right prerequisite skills, developmental readiness and technique can learn math. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:40:26 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/basic-economics.html A high school math teacher gives a simple economics lesson to explain how the Windfall Profits Tax proposal on the oil companies will affect the price of gasoline. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:25:34 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/coin-collecting.html Start coin collecting with your child to teach many math skills, from addition, to multiplication, to place value, and begin a life-long family hobby together. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:08:16 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-tutor.html Learn the key steps to choosing a competent and skilled math tutor. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:21:55 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/montessori-math.html Using the Montessori math education methods and manipulatives, you can help your preschooler learn key math skills at home. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:22:07 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/elementary-math-activities.html Here are some great elementary math activities you can do with your kids to help strengthen math skills through everyday interactions at home. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:07:55 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/high-school-math.html Learn WHY your child should get a good high school math education. Even if they are not math-oriented or college bound, there are important life skills each child should learn for his own benefit. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:12:29 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/first-grade-math.html Learn the first grade math curriculum and skills your child should master by the end of the year. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:51:16 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-tips.html Here are math tips you can use to get your child back-to-school and well prepared for his math classes. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:45:08 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/accelerated-math.html Learn about the true value of accelerated math courses and whether acceleration is the best approach for your gifted and talented math student. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:14:19 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/SAT-math.html Learn how parents can help their children successfully prepare on the SAT math component. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:10:44 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-education-concepts.html Developing skills and development readiness for the material. These are what matters and these are what lead to success. From the dawn of math teaching to just a generation ago, math was taught with these principles. Still is in most of the world, in fact. (Lucky them!) What happened? How did we get it so utterly wrong? How can our system produce so many reasonably intelligent high school graduates who are frighteningly incompetent in math? Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:05:03 GMT