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Apr11

Dyslexia: How Can We Help Our Children?

Dyslexia is a neurobiological disorder specific to phonological decoding (reading accuracy) and recognition of words (speed and reading fluidity) that interferes with the academic performance of children. Currently, since there is an estimated 40% of fraternal recurrence, genetics and inheritance are casually hypothesized as the primary causes. In addition, through neuroimaging techniques, differences were found […]

Apr08

The Concept of Length and How It’s Different from Distance

In today’s post, we will be talking about the magnitude of length and its difference to distance, as well as how both concepts are integrated into knowledge at young ages. Before anything, we should ask ourselves if we really know the meaning of these concepts: What is a magnitude? What is the magnitude length? What […]

Apr05

First Results of Smartick and Smartick Brain in Schools

Our research project ”Disruptive Learning Through the Integration of Mathematics and Cognitive Training”, together with the support from the European Union through the Horizon 2020 project, is coming to an end. It has been a long process full of creativity, work with students and professors, digital devices, and a lot of paperwork in order to […]

Apr03

A Math Upgrade: From a Paper-Based Method to Online Adaptability

Today, I want to present Anton from Kiev, Ukraine. His son, Orest, is a kindergartner with over 250 completed Smartick sessions! As a parent, Anton values math and understands that it can be the key to a brighter future for his young learner. In fact, prior to Smartick, he enrolled Orest in a traditional paper-based method […]

Apr01

Teaching Principles and Learning Phases of Singapore Math

In this post, we will return to the topic of Singapore math and analyze the curriculum. We will describe the three teaching principles used and the three learning phases that occur in their classrooms. Teaching Principles of Singapore Math Teaching is for learning, learning is for comprehension, comprehension is for reasoning, application, and finally, to […]

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Mar28

The Use of Money in Childhood – Allowance, yes or no?

An allowance can be a great way for our children to become conscious of the value of money and to encourage important qualities like saving, effort, and responsibility. After all, financial education begins at home. What is the best way to establish an allowance? Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist well known for his contributions […]

Mar25

Roman Numerals: Do You Know How to Add Them?

In this entry, we are going to learn to complete operations with Roman numerals. It is important to refresh our knowledge about these numbers before we begin. Are you ready? Let’s continue… The Roman numeral system is very different from the decimal system that we use on a daily basis. Look closely at the numbers […]

Mar22

The Importance of Repetition in Learning

Now we don’t realize, but when we learned to drive we had all 5 senses ready in each action: selecting the right gear, playing with the clutch and accelerating, or remembering to look in our rearview mirror. There comes a day when, without realizing it, we do all of these with confidence and agility, […]

Mar20

Parents, Are You Concerned with Screen Time?

It’s possible that the gap between technology and education is gradually thinning as educators around the world embrace its use in the classroom. Of course, there is discourse for the pros and cons of technology usage not only in the classroom but in our private lives as well. How is technology implemented in the classroom? […]

Mar18

Subtraction with Borrowing: An Explanation of Two Different Algorithms

The pedagogical and parents customer service team at Smartick often receive questions from parents whose children have said they are confused because at school they learn subtraction one way and Smartick teaches them another. At Smartick we feel that the use of one algorithm or another doesn’t matter, what’s important is that it is explained […]

Mar14

Preferred Ways to Learn, Not Learning Styles

There are theories about learning that we all wish were true and learning styles is one of them. Imagine each child has their own particular way to learn more effectively. If they are not learning it is because they are not being taught the way they should be. This is very comforting to teachers and […]

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Mar11

Tens and the Decimal Number System

Let’s begin this post by defining tens. A ten is a group of ten units. It is the most natural number in our body through the fingers on our hands. If we count them one by one, we can see that we have ten fingers (units), which is the same as saying we have a ten […]