By Duncan, on May 28th, 2010
It is amazing how playing simple board games,card games or dice games can really help children with their development. Board games are created to be fun and to entertain but often help a child socially and academically. Kids board games are great for encouraging social skills. A board game is great for teaching kids the concepts of turn [...] . . . → Read More: Why Play Kids Board Games?
By Duncan, on May 28th, 2010
Learn about the relationship between decimal numbers, fractions, and the process of division. Questions go to mathdude@quickanddirtytips.com or 206-339-6279. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes! Listen to the math podcast here . . . → Read More: 020 TMD How are Fractions and Division Related?
By admin, on May 28th, 2010
Pie charts are a good way to illustrate the proportion of a whole amount or quantity. The arc length of each sector or the sectors area is proportional to the quantity it represents. This might sound a little tricky, but pie charts can be effective in displaying information. This worksheet looks at a pie chart where [...] . . . → Read More: Year 6 maths worksheet: Interpret pie charts
By Duncan, on May 27th, 2010
It is widely recognized, that students forget or lose from 3 weeks to 2.5 months of learning over the summer break . Studies have repeatedly proven this and the phenomenon even has a catchy name, Summer Brain Drain. When most of us parents worry about keeping our kids at the [...] . . . → Read More: Catch Up On Math with a Summer Math Program
By Duncan, on May 27th, 2010
Maths has many arms and algebra is one of the most stressed branches which studies structure, relation and quantity. Algebra works with numbers, symbols, elements and variables. Fundamental algebra is an introduction to concepts in algebra like solving non-linear systems of equations , understanding polynomials along with factoring binomials, trinomials and polynomials as well [...] . . . → Read More: Who Wants to Learn Algebra?
By Duncan, on May 26th, 2010
Finally, affordable professional development to enable you to be an ideal teacher. How to Thrive and Survive in Your Classroom “Do You Want To Know How To Create Your Ideal Classroom, Motivate Your Students, Maintain Their Attention And Keep Them On Task Without Screaming, Pleading Or Burning Yourself Out?” >>> How to Thrive and Survive in Your Classroom [...] . . . → Read More: Teaching Strategies For Classroom Management
By Duncan, on May 26th, 2010
Learn what decimal points and decimal numbers are and how they’re related to fractions. Questions go to mathdude@quickanddirtytips.com or 206-339-6279. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes! Listen to the math podcast here . . . → Read More: 019 TMD What are Decimals?
By Duncan, on May 24th, 2010
When the decision is made to homeschool a comon question is how many hours to do, how often and when the hours need to be done.The ability to be flexible in hours, curriculum and learning styles are the things that underly homeshooling principles There is no need to keep to the same hours as public [...] . . . → Read More: Homeschool Day
By admin, on May 22nd, 2010
The number of new worksheets posted has been a little slow lately, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a number of useful changes. The worksheets on the site have all been refreshed and I think you’ll find a number of sheets are more useful. At a high level, I just enhanced many of [...] . . . → Read More: General Worksheet Improvements, More Fractions Coming!
By admin, on May 22nd, 2010
Rounding out the basic math operations for fractions, I’m pleased to announce the new division worksheets for fractions have been posted at the link below. Like the fraction multiplication worksheets, these worksheets have detailed answer keys that show each step in the process used to calculate the answers, and they’re some of the more technically sophisticated [...] . . . → Read More: Fraction Division Worksheets Posted!