Multiplying Success - Preparing Your Child for a Standardized Test in Math by Kayla Fay
... ( A variation of this problem appeared on a standardized test for 3rd graders.) Whatever your opinion about the necessity and validity of testing, you cannot change the fact that your child will soon be handed a bubble sheet and asked to remember material from an entire year. In A Bubble of Confidence, I addressed ways to boost your child ' s test taking confidence. Comprehending Comprehension has strategies for the reading portion of the test. This article lists several ways to help ...

Mental Math Practice Worksheets by Shilpa Rao
... 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. Some offer you predefined sheets where as very few websites offer you build your own math practice worksheets. Usage of math practice sheets early on can instill a great habit of enjoying math and at the same time help to ...

Parents Demand Dumbed-down Tests:An Unintended Bad Consequence of the No Child Left Behind Act by Joel Turtel
... The No Child Left Behind Act is now forcing many parents to condone schools that dumb-down their tests and standards, instead of blaming these schools for their children’s failure to learn. This is a typical unintended consequence of more government laws that try to fix problems that a government-controlled school system created in the first place. State lawmakers in New York, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and other states have yielded to parent pressure.

Abacus Mental Math in Asia and the West by Shilpa Rao
... Such problems are solved in 5 seconds or even less, by a 6 year old studying 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 ...

Amazing Benefits Of Mental Math by Shilpa Rao
... Today, there are two other formal methods available for us as well as children to learn math. Two formal methods that can change a child's perception of boring math to fun and exciting math. Two formal methods that will allow the children to perform difficult, large and long calculations within matter of few seconds, without any external aide of calculator or computer or even the simplest pen and paper, in their head. One method is Abacus Mental Math method and another is Vedic Mental Math.

What is Mental Math and Why Should We Study by Shilpa Rao
... Learning mental math at early age can help boost your child’s confidence when it comes to mathematics, develop mental calculation abilities, provide a sense of achievement as the child's proficiency improves, lead to greater mental capacity, promote intuitive thinking, enhance problem-solving capability, enhance creativity and last but not least, improve concentration and mental endurance. Read what past president of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has to say about mental ...

Teach Your Kids Arithmetic - The Quick-Add - Part I by Joe Pagano
... This is a problem for the following reasons: 1) not mastering arithmetic leads to problems in mathematics down the road; 2) not being able to add or multiply engenders frustration when doing basic homework assignments; and 3) lack of doing = future lack of doing, which further increases the chance of mathematical illiteracy. The Quick-Add method gives students a viable alternative to performing quick sums without the aid of calculators or pencil and paper.

Ensure Your Child's Success in Math - 10 Great Ways! by Susan Jarema
... Time spent exploring math with your child will help your child excel in other areas such as science, geography, music, art and problem solving. Our children can grow up to enjoy mathematics and we parents can learn along the way. Find an hour each week to share the wonders of mathematics with your child. Take some MATHemACTION in your own home. Remember, if not for math, we might still think that the earth was flat like a pancake!