Helping Your Children Learn Math

"The first teachers are the parents, both by example and conversation." -- Lamar Alexander

Helping Your Children with Homework

In helping children learn, one goal is to assist children in figuring out as much as they can for themselves (e.g., constructing meaning). You can help by asking questions that guide, without telling what to do.

Good questions and good listening will help children make sense of mathematics, build self-confidence, and encourage mathematical thinking and communication. A good question opens up a problem and supports different ways of thinking about it.