Add ‘mathing’ to your child’s bedtime routine

By on    Guest columns, Heath, Making Math Make Sense by Mathnasium, Rockwall  

(December 28, 2012) We all know we should read to our kids. But even if bedtime stories are routine in your house, you might consider “mathing” with your children as well.  A few minutes spent in the evening talking about numbers and the part numbers play in life could prevent a struggle with math in […]

Understanding math through ‘Number Sense’

By on    Good Thinking, Guest columns, Heath, Making Math Make Sense by Mathnasium, Rockwall  

(November 15, 2012) School is in full swing and kids are trying their best to keep up in math. What can we as parents do to help them understand their homework without doing it for them? Math is a cumulative skill and many children struggle today because they have missed something in the past. Successful […]