Mental Math Practice Worksheets by Shilpa Rao
... Now that you know what are all the benefits of learning abacus math - let us continue talking about practicing math. Every textbook comes with few practice problems and we always feel that these few problems are not enough. We want more practice problems for our children and students. The next best alternative is to find math practice worksheets. There are many websites that offer you download-able practice worksheets for a small fee. And there are some websites that offer you for free.

Abacus Mental Math in Asia and the West by Shilpa Rao
... abacus mental math for a bit over a year. Such is the power of abacus mental math education. Today, the same educational materials used in Asian nations are available in the United States, Canada, UK, Europe and South Africa. Today various websites offer not only easy to understand textbooks on abacus math but also math practice worksheets. And this is the kind of practice that engages a child to learn math with a lot of fun. Now you know why Asian children are very good with numbers.

Parents' Complaints --- Arrogant Public Schools Turn a Deaf Ear by Joel Turtel
... However, the math-teaching policy for most public schools today is that all children beginning in kindergarten have access to calculators at all times to do math problems. Most school districts make important teaching-method or curriculum decisions in secret, without parents’ knowledge or approval. A parent’s only recourse is to complain to principals or school authorities after these authorities have dictated their curriculum or teaching methods, and the parent sees the damage to their ...

Children With Learning Disabilities by Aaron Schwartz
... The instruction for the children with learning disabilities should be divided according to the degree of the insufficiency of their learning disabilities. Children should be tested in order to reveal problems they have. Children that are lagging behind certain subjects will be grouped into the classes where these subjects are taught at the lower level and in smaller extent. Moreover children with learning disabilities should be divided into different classes according to their learning ...

Turbo Boost Your Brain Power by Leon Edward
... A good number of these supplementary products on the market can actually give children a mental edge and help improve learning. Both children and adults need to follow a good, balanced diet and avoid vices that literally destroy brain cells such as smoking, drinking alcohol, and using illegal drugs. This will help keep your mind sharp over time. 2) Try speed-reading This is a good way to bump up your learning curve. Speed-reading courses not only allow you to cover data faster, but they ...

Love, Uncles, and Etymology by Arnold Romanofski
... I marveled at how fast blonde-haired Laurel, the oldest of the children, was learning. “It means you like to use big words,” she informed me. “Oh,” I replied, smiling. Big words are my hobby. I started trying to expand my vocabulary after being hit by a drunk driver. After being unconscious, I felt mentally cloudy and learning new words was part of my rehabilitation. I unabashedly used newly learned words around my family. I always made sure that I had some big words ready when I was ...

Mental Math Methods From Asia by Shilpa Rao
... If a child starts learning the abacus before being taught traditional arithmetic, there is minimal conflict and the child will easily work within both systems. If a child starts the program later, having already received traditional foundations, there may be a slightly extended learning period for the child to accept and integrate the abacus method. Vedic Mental MathematicsWhat is Vedic mental mathematics? Origin of Vedic Mathematics is in Atharva Veda (Holy Scripture from Hinduism).

My Kid is Smart- So Why is He Getting Bad Grades? by Sadiq Ansari
... See what your children are studying, see if they need help. If they do, try to help them yourself, it's great bonding! Otherwise, take them into school early or pick them up late to get help from the teacher, or hire a tutor. Which brings me to the last point - I've found that good teaching is the "X-factor" in academic performance. I've never tutored someone who thought their teacher was good at teaching. I personally think this is a little unfair, because teachers have the VERY difficult ...