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When Math Homework Is Too Much: How to Talk to the Teacher
If math homework is eating your whole evening, you can say so. Here is how to talk to the teacher about too much math homework and get a real fix.
How to Get a Reluctant Kid to Practice Math for 10 Minutes a Day
Ten honest minutes beats an hour of arguing. Here is how to get kids to practice math at home without the nightly standoff at the table.
Multiplication Games That Make Times Tables Stick
Flashcards get old fast. These multiplication games get kids to say the facts hundreds of times without noticing they're practicing.
Dark Patterns in Kids Apps: How to Spot the Tricks Before Your Kid Does
Most of the tricks in kids apps aren't accidents. They're designed, tested, and shipped on purpose. Here's how to recognize them.
The Difference Between a Kid Who Plays Games and a Kid Who Grinds Them
One kid is exploring and laughing. The other is doing the same tap 400 times with a flat face. Same screen, very different thing.
Reading Is a Math Skill: Kids Who Can Calculate but Can't Decode the Problem
Your kid can rattle off 8 times 7 but stalls on the word problem right below it. Usually that gap is about reading, not numbers.
Making Ten: The Addition Strategy That Beats Rote Flashcards
8+5 is hard. 10+3 is easy. The make a ten strategy turns one into the other, and it builds real number sense that flashcards never touch.
Why Your Daughter Might Be Absorbing 'Math Is for Boys' (and How To Undo It)
By second grade, plenty of girls have quietly decided math is not their thing. Here is where that idea comes from and what actually helps undo it.
Times Tables Are Not Sticking: A Gentler Path to Multiplication Fluency
Drilling the same flashcards harder rarely fixes stuck times tables. Here is the gentler, faster path I use with kids who feel like they will never get it.
Reading the Reviews: How to Read App Store Ratings Without Getting Fooled
A 4.8-star math app can still be junk for your kid. Here is how the rating machinery actually works, and how to read reviews without getting played.
Math Road Trip Games That Beat Are We There Yet
The backseat is a captive audience with nothing to do, which happens to be the perfect condition for math games nobody realizes are math.
IEPs, 504s, and Math: What to Actually Ask For
You're allowed to ask for specific things in that IEP meeting, and knowing which ones actually help math is half the battle.
My Child Is Ahead in Math. Now What Do I Do at Home?
When your kid finishes the math worksheet in two minutes and asks for more, giving them more of the same is exactly the wrong move.
Math in the Grocery Store: Practice That Does Not Feel Like Practice
The cereal aisle is a math workbook in disguise, and your kid will do the problems without ever knowing they were problems.
A Simple After-School Homework Routine That Sticks
The routines that last are the boring, simple ones. Here's an after-school homework routine you can actually keep, plus how to fix it when it slips.
Building a Love of Math in a Kid Who Only Loves Screens
If your kid lights up for a tablet and shuts down for math, the fix isn't more math. It's borrowing what the screen does right and pointing it somewhere real.
Printable Math Games for Kids Who Say They Hate Worksheets
The word worksheet can end a math session before it starts. Here are printable math games that build the same skills without the groan, sorted by what they teach.
Coding for Kids Without the Hype: What's Real at the Elementary Level
I write software for a living. Here's what coding for kids at the elementary level actually teaches, and what's just an expensive way to buy peace of mind.
Is Educational Screen Time Really Educational? How to Vet an App in Five Minutes
The word 'educational' on an app means nothing. Here is the five-minute test I use to tell a real learning app from a game wearing a school costume.
Word Problems: Why 'Look for the Keyword' Backfires
The keyword trick tells kids 'altogether means add.' It works until it doesn't, and then it wrecks their confidence. Here is what to teach instead.
How Many Minutes of Fact Practice a Day Actually Helps
Parents ask me how long their kid should drill math facts every day. The honest answer is short, and the length matters less than what happens in those minutes.
Building a Math Wins Board: A Home Ritual for Confidence
A little corkboard by the fridge changed how one of my students felt about math. Here is how to build a wins board that tracks progress, not perfection.
Regrouping and Borrowing: Where Kids Get Stuck and How To Unstick Them
Regrouping is where a lot of kids hit their first real math wall. Here's exactly where they get stuck and how to walk them back through it.
The Difference Between an App That Teaches and One That Just Quizzes
Most math apps just check answers and call it teaching. Here's how to tell whether an app is actually teaching your kid or only testing them.