Dec27
Tiffany from the blog Stuff Parents Need suffered from math anxiety as a child and was determined to make her children’s experience with the subject much more pleasurable. “The last thing I want is for my kids to have an unhealthy relationship with math.” “One of the areas I have been the most nervous about teaching […]
Continue reading »Dec25
“The power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations.” -Ernst Mach The mathematical language used in word problems is a source of anxiety for most school children. As they grow, it is expected that their semantic level will increase and they will be able […]
Continue reading »Dec22
We’ve already written various posts about dividing by 3 digits: Learn How to Divide with 3-Digit Numbers Practice 3-Digit Division Examples Learn How to Do a 3-Digit Division Problem Today we’re going to look at another, more complicated, example. Let’s start and divide by 3 digit numbers! 1. How many digits are there in the divisor? […]
Continue reading »Dec20
Anne is the author of Just Only Home. She’s a mother to 4 wonderful girls, and bonus mama to 3 more. She loves cooking and parenting her children in a way that encourages them to explore who they are now and who they aspire to become. In her recent blog post about Smartick, Fearlessly Homeschooling Math, […]
Continue reading »Dec18
In today’s post, we are going to learn about the different methods we can use to simplify fractions, as well as a trick that is essential to simplification. We will also see some examples of activities that children solve during their Smartick sessions. What is Simplifying Fractions? Simplifying a fraction is reducing the numerator and […]
Continue reading »Dec15
In today’s entry, we’re going to talk about some of the exercises that appear during the Smartick daily sessions. They may appear complex and convoluted at times, but they have great didactic potential. They are exercises that require the student to complete a basic operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division). These activities help the student understand different […]
Continue reading »Dec14
Jesica is a mom of four kids ages one to ten years old. She’s also the blogger behind The Mommy Bunch, where she shares healthy living ideas, technology tips, and fun crafts for the whole family. She recently started using the Smartick Method as an after-school activity to learn math and her kids can’t get […]
Continue reading »Dec13
We want to take advantage of this post to tell you the main contents available in your Parent Page, which you can access with your registration email and password on the login screen. If you have forgotten your password, you have the link at the bottom to quickly reset it. Parent Page Features Enter your […]
Continue reading »Dec11
In this post we’re going to look at measurements of time that refer to quantities of years: biennium, lustrum, decade, century, millenium If you want to review previous posts on units of time, you can do so here: Learn how to measure time and the units associated Time: basic concepts to help learn how to tell […]
Continue reading »Dec08
In today’s post we’re going to talk about the concepts of Constants and Variables as mathematical elements, as well as taking a look at an example. In mathematics, we call constant all those magnitudes that don’t change with time. It can sometimes be a fixed and determined value. On the other hand we have the concept […]
Continue reading »Dec06
What if your kids were motivated to complete their online math work without complaints each day? What if you could take a little time off from planning math instruction? What if your children could continue to make progress over the holidays while YOU take a break? These are the questions, Ashley, from the blog Some Random […]
Continue reading »Dec04
In today’s post we’re going to review our times tables, while at the same time learning a trick to make them shorter. Before we start, you can review the times tables if you need to by clicking this link. Are you ready? Let’s start! Have you noticed that the numbers repeat across all the times tables? For example, […]
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