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 help Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:39:06 GMT Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:39:06 GMT sensible-math-education.com 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. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:39:05 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/triangles.html What did the complimentary angle say to the isoceles triangle? Nice legs Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:25:30 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/preschool-math-games-thomas-the-tank-engine.html Preschool math games like Thomas the Tank Engine Wooden trains are a fun way to provide preschool math skills. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:32:42 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. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:27:15 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/learn-percents.html When you help your child learn percents, you are assuring success with a key topic in the 7th grade math curriculum and an important skill in every day math. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:59:07 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/geometry-jokes.html Here are fun geometry jokes to lighten up your day. Good math jokes can lighten up a geometry lesson. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:32:27 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/maths-games-on-internet.html My son (grade 2) is usually more keen to complete his homework if he gets 15 mins or so of maths/educational games at the end. He likes the games at sites Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:20:04 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/dividing-fractions.html Dividing fractions is an important middle school and high school math skill. Its also an important life skill that all kids should know. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:31:21 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/multiplying-fractions.html Multiplying fractions is an important skill for all of middle school and high school math. Its also an important life skill all children should master. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:24:19 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/subtracting-fractions.html Subtracting fractions is a very important skill for your child to master for success in middle school and high school math. Its also a very important life skill. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:17:40 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/adding-fractions.html Mastering adding fractions is a skill that will enable your child to do a wide variety of arithmetic and algebraic problems, as well as an important life skill. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:00:43 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/making-patterns-with-matchbox-cars.html When my son was 3 years old, I noticed he liked to line up all his matchbox cars. He would spend a long time making really straight lines. One day I Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:58:13 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/school-doesnt-do-that.html School doesn't do that, that was the answer my mother got when she found out that I was dramatically failing the tests for the times tables. What Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:47:47 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/counting-with-coloured-blocks.html When I went to school in the 1960's we had coloured* blocks that represented one through to 10. We used those blocks in almost every simple maths Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:31:25 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/times-tables-and-the-tea-set.html It's funny you have this section on your website because this is one of my favorite childhood memories and I've retold it to my children. When I was Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:09:42 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/snack-first.html I find that my children are STARVING by the time they get home from school, so they have an afternoon snack before homework. I try to do something Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:08:25 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/20-minutes-on-5-minutes-off.html When kids have a lot of homework to do, several hours can be overwhelming to think about...we made a 20 minutes on and 5 min snack break part of the Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:07:05 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-help-parents.html Parents can get math help and tips for math success by reading ideas other parents have shared. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:48:17 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/preschool-math-activities.html Get lots of ideas for preschool math activities to do at home! Share your own ideas and read more great math games and counting activities other parents do with their preschoolers. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:24:16 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/multiplication-activities.html Get free multiplication activities and practice worksheets to help your child memorize the times table and master third grade math problems. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:43:32 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-homework-help.html Learn the appropriate ways and reasons to give your child math homework help. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:18:48 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-in-singapore.html In America, the Singapore Math Method has become popular since the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study showed Singapore at the top Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:40:40 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/my-american-math-education-story.html I was in high school in the 50's. I took algebra and if it were not for my Aunt who was a math teacher I would have failed miserably. It was really Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:19:30 GMT 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. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:29:30 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. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:22:35 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/first-grade-math-activities.html Get free math first grade math activities worksheets and first grade math practice tips to help you guide your child in mastering first grade math problems and skills. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:40:56 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. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:30:50 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-facts.html If your child hasn't memorized the math facts by 3rd grade, s/he may be doomed to math struggles all through school. Learn more about the math facts and tips to help your child master them. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:12:26 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/first-grade-math-practice.html Here are some tips parents can use for including first grade math practice at home. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:36:40 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/learning-fractions.html Learning fractions well is vital for your child to successfully solve typical 5th grade math problems and 6th grade math problems. Here are some free tips and preferred tools for learning fractions. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:48:07 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/accelerated-math.html Learn whether accelerated math classes are appropriate when teaching gifted students. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:17:48 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. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:35:47 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/preschool-prewriting-activities.html Here are some everyday preschool prewriting activities you can do around the home and neighborhood, to help your child learn how to recognize and write the numbers. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:31:41 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-word-problems.html Many students find solving math word problems to be challenging. Learn the step-by-step approach to reading, expressing, and solving word problems. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:07:43 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. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:13 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/pythagorean-theorem.html The Pythagorean Theorem is an introductory geometry topic that all prelagebra and high school geometry students should master. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:28:50 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. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:37:15 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-tutor.html Learn the key steps to choosing a competent and skilled math tutor. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:32:20 GMT http://www.sensible-math-education.com/math-for-kids.html Learn ideas for improving the accessiblity of math for kids while doing everyday activities in the home, grocery store or park. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:56:49 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. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:53:50 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 basic 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/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? 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