Author: Tricia Opdahl
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Play Games Together!
The best way to help your child overcome their fears and frustrations with math and to increase their motivation to learn is to make math fun. Yes, it is possible to have fun while doing math! Have a Family Game Night Video games have come a long way since I was a kid, and sometimes…
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Let Them Use Their Fingers!
Are you familiar with the term “manipulatives” with respect to math curriculum? Manipulatives are physical objects that students can use to experience mathematical concepts in a tangible way. Base 10 blocks, fraction strips, and tangrams are commonly used, and helpful, manipulatives. Really, though, any physical object can be used as a manipulative to help with…
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Memorize Those Multiplication Facts!
Do you remember being given timed multiplication tests? We’d have 5 or 10 minutes to get through as many of the multiplication problems on the worksheet as possible. Some people enjoyed those tests, others not so much. Whether or not it’s assessed by timed tests, having multiplication facts memorized makes learning more advanced math skills…
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Keep It Positive
Have you ever started helping your child with a math problem with the best intentions of making life easier for them, then realized it wasn’t going as well as you had hoped it would? Either the problem is giving you more difficulty than you expected or for some reason you’re not able to communicate your…
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You Can Positively Support Your Child in Math!
Hi and welcome to my little digital space. I would like to start off by reassuring you that you can indeed help your child succeed in math regardless of your own mathematical history or education level. As your child’s parent, you have the unique opportunity to influence their attitude and motivation towards math on a…
Math Talk 4 Parents 