This post is sponsored by Sumdog Our kids have been attending school virtually for months and the novelty of learning online is long gone. With little light at the end of the tunnel that gives us hope that school will resume fully in-person this spring, we’re concerned. We’re increasingly concerned about our kids’ mental health,…
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Photomath App Teaches Math to All Ages with Step-by-Step Explanations
This post is sponsored by Photomath School poses a multitude of challenges for our kids. Being in a virtual classroom fits some learning styles well but some subjects are harder to understand online. Last spring many of my 8th graders told me math was much harder to learn through a screen than in person. Despite…
PBS Odd Squad Continues Shows the Cool Side of Math While Combatting Oddness
Not all screen time is bad especially when it teaches kids in fun ways which is exactly what Odd Squad does. For the past year, Odd Squad’s Olive, Otto, Miss O, Oscar, and their friends have been solving strange happenings in the community using their math skills. The Odd Squad is like the kid-version of the…
#UMIGO Free Interactive Online Platform Reinforces Math Concepts for Grades 1-2
This is a sponsored post While summer is supposed to be a carefree time of camp, pool, and fun, it’s also a critical time for learning. We’re all aware of summer brain drain, the dreaded effect of our kids not using knowledge gained during the year but trying to balance summer activities with learning can…
Free Crazy 8s Clubs Make Preschoolers and Elementary Ages Fall in Love with Math
This is a sponsored post Gone are the days where math clubs were just for nerds. These days it’s cool for the youngest ages to develop interests in science, technology, engineering, and math by making connections to these subjects in ways that make sense to them. Crazy 8s is a new after-school math club designed…
Integrating Science and Math into Your Spring Garden
Here in the DC this winter’s record snowfall that blanketed the region is a distant memory as signs of spring appear everywhere. Our family spent all daylight hours of the weekend outside enjoying the sunshine and doing hands on science to prepare our garden for planting season. As we dug in the dirt, I thought…
PBS Teachers & SciGirls Promote Science, Tech, Engineering & Math in Tweens
This morning as Little Miss Techie was reciting the names of the planets thanks to There’s No Place Like Space, I was reminded of the upcoming PBS Teachers Live! webinar, Engaging Students with Experiential STEM, and the new SciGirls show. Both the webinar and SciGirls seek to get girls more engaged in STEM subjects- an…
TONIGHT! Help Kids Learn & Love Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
I have to admit that I loathed algebra, calculus, and chemistry. Even though I loved biology and geometry, I never saw myself entering in to a math or science field because I failed miserably at balancing equations, didn’t understand why variables couldn’t just be real numbers, and never really understood functions, derivatives, and limits. Despite…
