Math Marvels for Every Learner

Math can be a loved and enjoyable subject for some children. For others math feels like a necessary evil. Is there a way you can make math relatable and enjoyable for everyone? What are some math marvels that will make math easy for every learner?

Math is one of the most used skills throughout our lives. While some of your children may excel at mathematical practices and take their skills to the next level, others may have more difficulties. Even those who suffer from math anxiety can overcome their struggles. Let’s help them see math as a challenge worthy of their time.

Making math an activity and learning how to appeal to your child’s learning style are a couple of ways to make a math marvel out of all your learners. Knowledge joined with good old-fashioned practice and confidence will also be the simple solution to your child’s math struggles. When they believe they are good at something, then they naturally put forth the mental effort to get past the next challenge. This is true for all levels of math from the most basic addition all the way to advanced algebra, calculus, and beyond.

How to Use Math Marvels to increase Math Skills

So, the question then becomes, how can you increase your child’s math skills? How can you help them gain confidence? When the going gets tough or they make a mistake, they forge on and overcome. We don’t want our children to get frustrated and give up. What are those math marvels?

Part of the answer is to show love and patience when you are both struggling to work through math concepts. There will be a mental struggle to learn any new skill. The right attitude to carry them through is what determines whether they will truly grasp the concept or just push through to get it over with.

The other part of the answer is to experiment with different teaching resources and methods. Find the ones that work best for you and your child. Be patient – understanding will come with all math concepts. Real life experiences often trigger your learner to recall math skills. With surprise, you’ll realize they have a clear understanding of those skills.

Check out the math marevels below. Reach out to other homeschoolers to get some insight on options that worked for them.

Math Programs and Resources

5 Simple Homemade Math Manipulatives

Manipulatives are an essential part of math instruction. This article includes five manipulatives you can make at home which are simple to create. You’ll find directions for each along with a few tips on how to use them to support your math instruction.

Amusing Mathematics – A Free Fun Family Math EBook

Enjoy 20+ pages of math tricks, games, and puzzles that everyone in the family can get in on. The eBook provides many additional resources too. Find copywork pages with fun math phrases, recipes, and an answer key.

A Complete Online Math Curriculum for All Homeschool Levels

CTCMath is an online math curriculum designed to facilitate independent learning, which makes it perfect for your homeschooling high schooler. But that’s not all! There are lessons for grades kindergarten through high school.

Math Marvels for Every Learner

E-Books in The Old Schoolhouse® Store

Math in the Right Direction

Could you use some fresh ideas to help your child “get” certain math skills? Get a better grasp of the way children gain and retain math skills when you read the WeE-book™. Learn strategies for certain math concepts that can become a hurdle to learning.

Building Strong Arithmetic Thinking

Is your early math curriculum just not working? Is your young child not “getting” arithmetic? Can’t figure out exactly why nothing is quite clicking? Find the answers that can help you sort out what’s happening.

Courses on SchoolhouseTeachers.com

Hands-On Math Help with Cuisenaire Rods

Hands-On Math Help homeschool lessons using Cuisenaire rods are designed to empower parents to help their children learn. Its purpose is to help homeschool parents of students in preschool-3rd grade make math enjoyable instead of frustrating. Through a free app and math tutorial videos, Philip Rowlands shows parents how to teach math in a manner that involves play, directed activities, open-ended tasks, and challenges. These lessons are designed to work with Cuisenaire rods, but instructions for creating a homemade set are included.

Hands-On Math Help with Cuisenaire Rods

Math Unit Studies

Math lessons for elementary through high school on different math concepts. They are delivered through various forms of media like PowerPoint slides, video, interactive content and songs!

Math Center

The Math Center provides easy access to many of the math-related resources available on SchoolhouseTeachers.com. You’ll find videos, games, eBooks, and other instructional materials about fractions, geometry, addition, decimals, division, and more.

Guest Author

This article has been written by homeschooling staff writers of The Canadian Schoolhouse (TCS).

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