Parent Tips 

How can our beliefs about Math change our child's achievement?

Parent-Night-Handout-vF.pdf

Jo Boaler is a well known voice in changing the way we teach mathematics around the world. Here is some advice she has for parents as well as some links to websites and book recommendations to help you learn more.

Summer Math Ideas .pdf

Summer Math Activities

How to continue growth in your math journey?

Here are some ideas. You can also check parent tips and resources shared on this website to understand what and how learning mathematics might be like. 

We hope that your family enjoys Math together this summer. 

See you soon!

Math at Home 

A collection of activities that you can use at home to engage in math with your child. Choose your child's grade level and then look for the skills you want to practice together. Most importantly have fun!

PBS for Parents

Many great articles and tips for parents to engage their children in math. Their featured article:

Math Activities to Add to Your Family Routine. 

Tips to Engage Parents in Problem Solving 

Problem_Solving_Information_for_Parents.pdf

Strategies for Fact Fluency

DerivedFactStrategies.png

Strategies to support addition and subtraction facts.

Multiplication Strategies.pdf

Strategies to support multiplication facts.

Games to practice fact fluency. 

Math + Playing Cards.pdf
Math + Dice.pdf
Math Apps

For those of you that acknowledge and celebrate Christmas (and for those of you who don’t, but just want to encourage your son/daughter to love Math!) here are some great ideas to gift your child over this winter break. 

Mathematical Practices are the heart of how we teach children to think like a mathematician.  

Here are some tips and questions that you can use to help your child continue to grow as a mathematical thinker. 

StandardsforMathematicalPracticeParentGuide.do (1).pdf
MP-Reference-Cards.pdf

Bring math into your everyday experiences! 

There are so many opportunities for us to show children the wonders of math all around us. Check out the website Math Anywhere for some great ideas on how to bring the love of math into your home. 

Questions and prompts that you can ask your child when they are doing math work at home. 

How is math changing in the classroom? Here are some ways that the math classroom looks and sounds different.

Have fun with math and build excitement and number sense with your child. 

WinWinGamesbyMarilynBurns.pdf

Math is very different from the way we used to learn. 

On this web page, discover some of the tools and strategies your child is learning about in school. 

Math_Before_Bed_180_Days_Sample_2.pdf

is a collection of prompts that can inspire mathematical discussions that you and your children can have before bed, at dinner, or anytime. Having math discussions helps your child build understanding of math, strengthen their explanation skills, and learn to see math everywhere. Try one tonight from the examples to the left or check out the website! 

https://mathbeforebed.com/

Math is everywhere and an important part of our everyday life. Here are some tips to help bring math into your home. 

Games are great ways for students to practice their fact fluency. When playing a game with your child, here are some questions to ask. 

MATH MEMO_Parents as Mathematical Role Models.docx

You are your child's biggest role model. Here are some things to help you bring out a love of math. 

MATH MEMO_Twelve Math Myths.pdf

Here are some common math misconceptions. How many did you know about?