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Best Manipulatives for Teaching Math at Home: What Is Worth Buying and What You Can Skip
Mathematical manipulatives can transform abstract concepts into concrete, graspable ideas. But the market is full of options, and not all of them are equally useful. Here is a research informed guide to the manipulatives that do the most mathematical work, organized by what they teach.
Best Homeschool Math Curriculum for Kids Who Learn Differently
Children who learn differently, whether through dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, sensory differences, or other profiles, need mathematics instruction that is designed with their learning style in mind. Here is a research informed guide to the curricula that genuinely work for these learners.
10 Questions to Ask Your Child After Math Class That Are Better Than 'Did You Understand?'
Did you understand? is the question parents ask most often after a math lesson. It is also one of the least useful questions available. Here are ten specific questions that reveal what your child actually learned, identify confusion early, and deepen mathematical thinking at the same time.
What Is K12 Crafter? A Plain Guide for Parents and Teachers
K12 Crafter is an independent learning program for Kindergarten to Grade 5 that starts with math: printable worksheet packs and a game kids actually ask to play. It is not K12 Inc., Minecraft Lesson Crafter, or a Teachers Pay Teachers shop, and you buy it straight from k12crafter.com.
K12 Crafter vs K12 Inc (Stride): How They Are Different
K12 Crafter and K12 Inc. (Stride) share three letters and nothing else. One is a Kindergarten to Grade 5 learning program you buy and use yourself, the other is an online public school you enroll in. They are not affiliated, and this is how to tell them apart.
Why Some Kids Understand Math Concepts But Cannot Do the Calculations (And How to Help)
There is a specific and puzzling profile of mathematical difficulty: the child who grasps the idea immediately, who can explain what multiplication means and why fractions work the way they do, but whose calculation is slow, error prone, and unreliable. Here is what is happening and what helps.
What Grades and Math Topics Does K12 Crafter Cover?
K12 Crafter covers Kindergarten through Grade 5, starting with math, in both printable worksheets and a practice app. From counting to multiplication, fractions, and decimals, this is the full scope grade by grade, mapped to the standards schools already teach.
Why Getting the Wrong Answer Can Be the Best Thing That Happens in a Math Lesson
Every parent and teacher has a reflexive response to wrong answers in mathematics: correct them and move on. The research on how mathematical understanding actually develops suggests this response, well intentioned as it is, misses one of the most powerful learning opportunities available.
What Order Should I Teach Math Topics When Homeschooling? A Grade by Grade Guide
One of the most common and most consequential questions in homeschool mathematics is also one of the least clearly answered: what order should the topics go in? Here is what the research on mathematical development tells us about the sequence that builds genuine understanding.