I Play Math Games
I Play Math Games is a family owned company that strives to
help students have a positive relationship with math by
utilizing game play to build and reinforce math skills. IPMG
games are designed to meet the standards set by the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), have been
developed by math teachers, and have been tested in
classrooms for over 20 years. IPMG offers FREE and for
purchase math game worksheets, math game workbooks and
interactive math games both by age/grade level and by skill
level. |
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Teaching Math to your Child? Remember that Practice Makes
Perfect, and to KEEP IT FUN!
Although many students are leery when it comes to math, they
can become engaged when learning is made fun through games
and interactive activities. One such site that offers this
is LiveMathBowl.com, a math site with over 750 learning
activities and trusted and used by more than 5000 schools
and over 1,000,000 children worldwide, and best of all,
LiveMathBowl is a great tool for homeschoolers. |
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Homeschooling the Child Who Hates Math
Your child breezes
through spelling, social studies, and art, but when it comes
to math, your child's attitude quickly sours. This can
result in anxiety, acting out, struggles and outright
refusal to do a lesson, a situation we have all been in.
Here are some tips that will help your child grow to enjoy
math, regardless of their initial level of interest! |
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The Most Dreaded Subject for Homeschool Parents
What is probably the most
dreaded subject for homeschool parents? Yes, you're
right--M-A-T-H!!!!!!! We might be confident teaching history
or spelling or literature.....but math just scares us!
Perhaps we ourselves weren't Mathematicians in our younger
years.....or we were adequate.....but it's been sooooo long!
Maybe we're afraid that things have actually changed (they
haven't)! In this case, what do we do? |
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Cows are too big to put in your pocket! Learning the Real
Value of Money
Money originally came into being when people started living
in farming communities and started specializing in what they
did for a living. They became efficient at what they did and
produced enough surplus product to trade with their
neighbors. Money was invented because basically cows are too
big to put in your pocket to do trade. Money is simply a
convenient tool. |
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How to Motivate Your Student to Study Math
"Math," (Yikes!)...
For some of us, this simple word sends a shiver up our spine
as those long ago tormented years in math classes come back
in a wave of consciousness so strong we can still smell the
musty text books and # 2 pencils. As parents, we desire to
help our children learn and understand how they will one-day
come to use math in their everyday lives. How then, do we
get past our nightmarish math memories to the point where,
while educating our children, we too can overcome the
hesitations and learn to enjoy math? |
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10 Things to Know When Choosing a Math Curriculum For
Your Homeschooled Student
M-A-T-H! I don't know about you, but that simple word sends
a shiver up my spine as memories of past math classes come
back to me, filled with reminders of musty textbooks and #2
pencils. As parents, we strive to help our children learn
and understand how they will one day use math in their daily
lives. But how in the world am I going teach math to my
child when I am not confident in my own math skills? How do
we educate our children while also overcoming our
hesitations and learning to enjoy math? Many homeschooling
parents struggle with these same questions while trying to
select the right math curriculum for their child. Here is a
list of the top 10 things to remember when choosing a math
curriculum for your child. |
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A Homeschooler's Guide: the Development of Mathematical
Thinking from Ages 4-8
The more parents know about
what to expect at each stage of their child's growth, the
better equipped they are with appropriate activities that
will further their child's learning and development.
DreamBox Learning supports homeschooling parents in their
commitment to an excellent, individualized math education. |
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Hands-On Equations
To start your child with
Hands-On Equations, you can obtain one set of the Hands-On
Equations Learning System for $34.95 plus $4.50 S&H. You
will receive the instructional booklets, one set of
worksheets (260 equations in total!) and one set of student
game pieces. A full Home Packet, which includes a DVD
instructional manual and a verbal problems book, is
available for $125." Click here for
a video demo of an 8 year-old solving: 4x + 5 = 2x + 13. |
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Math is a Spider Web
"Math," (Yikes!)... For some of us, this simple word sends a
shiver up our spine as those long ago tormented years in
math classes come back in a wave of consciousness so strong
we can still smell the musty text books and # 2 pencils. As
parents, we desire to help our children learn and understand
how they will one-day come to use math in their everyday
lives. How then, do we get past our nightmarish math
memories to the point where, while educating our children,
we too can overcome the hesitations and learn to enjoy math? |
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Kids Gardens Growing
Lessons in Math
To learn more about math today, kids don't have to board a
bus to school or look at a chalkboard filled with numbers.
Instead, they can venture outside to start a garden. |
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