Want to help your second-grader master the basics of 2nd grade math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Count forward within 1000. Count by 5s. Count and add by ...

Speak positively about math and reward effort rather than grades or ability. Think about how important reading is and how we are told to model this behavior for our children. We need to place math in ...

Which math learning materials are best? Learning and teaching math can be challenging, especially when you’re homeschooling. To help your children acquire the knowledge base they need to stay on track ...

Write and tell time on analog and digital clocks. OBJECTIVE: I can write and tell time on analog and digital clocks. This lesson will feature the book Time Word Problems by Lisa Colozza Cocca. / Julia ...

Why it matters: Second grade builds essential skills in reading, math, and digital responsibility that form the foundation for future learning. What to focus on: Core areas include fluent reading, ...

When the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to abruptly switch to distance learning, many parents found themselves taking on a teaching role—including helping their children with math, a subject many ...

When I was a new teacher, I wanted my students to see math not just as numbers and equations but as a tool to understand the world around them. My goal wasn’t for them to simply memorize formulas to ...

Stanford math education professor Jo Boaler spends a lot of time worrying about how math education in the United States traumatizes kids. Recently, a colleague’s 7-year-old came home from school and ...

Some kids struggle with math. Now, scientists have pinpointed some of the specific thinking processes and brain regions that might explain why math is a little harder for some than others. When given ...

Mixed-grade classes have similar academic results to “normal” classes based on age, but social and emotional development is improved. Shutterstock Often when students are placed in a composite or ...