Category Archives: Prevention

Guidelines for parents, thoughts for activities and tasks

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  • play math games and riddles
  • be encouraging, don’t ever tell kids their math is wrong but find the good thinking in their answers (for what is 3×4? an answer of 7 makes sense because 3+4 = 7, then say lets look at 3 groups of 4
  • don’t go for speed but for connection: many activities are mentioned 
  • never speak bad about math of tell kids that you were bad at math or dislike it
  • encourage flexible use of numbers: for 29 + 56 take one from the 56 and put it with the 29 now you have 30 + 55, a lot easier!
  • encourage a growth mindset, let kids know they have unlimited math potential and that they can make progress by working hard, keep trying and not giving up

See all the activities and tasks HERE

Improving student attendance

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Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism has loomed large. Educators are seeking strategies and partners who can help tackle it. Well, getting kids back to school is one place where it’s long struck me that professional sports franchises could make a big difference. After all, professional athletes live daily with a show-up-early, work-hard routine. Indeed, of the teen and tween role models—like actors, social media influencers, and singers—athletes may be the ones with the most obvious ties to schools, colleges, and a grind-it-out ethos. The Cleveland Browns have spent a decade partnering with Ohio schools to improve attendance and launched the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network in 2019

Read all about this great program HERE

Math is about thinking

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Dyscalculia: News from the web:

Rather than debating whether “discovery learning” or “the basics” are most important for children, more attention is needed to support the development of children’s thinking about quantities and space.

A considerable amount of research now shows that children’s success in school depends on the extent to which parents and educators encourage them to think mathematically in the years before they enter Grade 1.

Read all about it: HERE

Dyscalculia caused by our human GPS

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Dyscalculia: News from the web:

A quite different take on what could cause dyscalculia in our link for today.

The writer claims it all has to do with a faulty human GPS (proprioceptive & vestibular systems). Dyscalculia is mentioned in a long list of other things that could affect you and it can all be helped with finding a better balance. Long read but worth it.

Read all about it: HERE

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