Have you ever done something that you know is important, but that you also know that takes up time that you could use doing something else probably more important? I'm sure everyone has. When you have kids, this becomes your daily life. I decided that our middle son ne...

Fall is here! The weather is cooler and my mind goes to pumpkins. I love pumpkin muffins, pumpkin donuts, and looking at pumpkins. We actually just bought a medium-sized pumpkin that we have as a centerpiece on our table in the kitchen. That's what made me think about...

Math can be a difficult subject. It's one of those subjects that comes easy to some, but it difficult for most. A lot of math needs to be memorized, so that it will make doing it much easier at a later date. Memorizing math facts is difficult for those students who nee...

Helping a child to understand how numbers work can be an abstract thing sometimes, especially when you have a kinesthetic (hands-on) learner. That's when I came up with "walking a number line". 

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This is the time of year that I am scouring in the internet for helpful resouces for our schooling. I look for educational, but cheap, resources that will just add to making the boys' schooling just that much better or easier. Sometimes it's a printable that they will...

Our younger loves to play games on his iPad. I mean, what kid doesn't? He also needs help with math. Math just doesn't make sense to him and he has struggled recently with it. I was so excited that we were given the chance to review Matific Galaxy for these reasons! It...

Teaching is making sure that your audience (my children in this case) understand the concept that you're trying to get through to them. I have to admit that math is harder for me to teach than to do, but I think that's with anything. I see math and numbers in one way a...

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I can't tell you how great timing is sometimes. On the same day that I was trying to figure out how to help our youngest with his math, we were offered the chance to review Math-Whizz by Whizz Education. 

It's funny how things work. I have been having trouble figuring o...

Do you ever wish that you had some way to have your kids practice their math skills? I mean, you've taught them how to multiply and they are going to scream if you give them one more worksheet. I Know It has done just that. You can even check it out for FREE for 6...