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Mathematics
- Demonstrate a positive attitude about math. 聽Show interest and enthusiasm for mathematics in school and in daily life.
- (WSJ Aug 2012)
- Advice for Parents from Professor Jo Boaler (Youcubed.org; Stanford Univ)
- Keep your expectations high. 聽Everyone can learn mathematics. Expect your child to work hard in mathematics.
- 鈥 (KQED News 2015)
- (The Atlantic 2013)
- Help your child to understand that 鈥渟truggle鈥 is a good thing. 聽Teach them about perseverance and praise effort. 聽Foster a 鈥渃an do鈥 attitude.
- Work math into everyday conversations. 聽Verbalize your own math thinking – including mistakes!
- Play games – board games, puzzles, mazes, blocks. 聽Point out the math.
- Count everything — by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, 100s, 1/4s, 1/2s, .25 — forward and backward, starting from zero and other numbers.
- Read together children鈥檚 literature that integrates math.
- When helping with homework:
- Talk less. 聽Listen more.
- Don鈥檛 do the homework — sends the message to give up when it gets hard.
- Keep the pencil in your child鈥檚 hand.
- Ask questions.
- Send back homework unfinished when it鈥檚 too hard. 聽Teachers need to know.