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Building awesome math, critical thinking, problem solving skills. For families with kids in middle school and up by subscription, or through TpT.

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Helping your kids LOVE math more is easier than you might think...

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Mini-challenges are built for BIG learning in small bites :)

And all of our mini-challenges are free right now...

Did you try yours yet?

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Please read this!!

You CAN help your kids, no matter how much of a 'non-math person' you think you are.

This article has some great ideas to make math a little easier on everyone in your house!

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Do your kids love puzzles, magic, and games that are just a little bit tricky?

Take a look at these!

Ask your kids to try out their fave, and THEN ask them to figure out how/why they work!!

#math #puzzles #mathmagic

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Begin with one plain, simple, ⬜. What if you needed to dissect (cut apart) it into 6 smaller squares?

What if you then needed to dissect your first square in a new way, into 7 smaller squares?

If you want to the answers, follow the link for #free!
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Now that kids have a little more time to read, it's handy to have some great ideas in your pocket...

These are great choices for girls that are into (or could be into!) STEM!

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These are SO much fun. They offer kids a chance to use their creativity, to explore sounds, and to make music in interesting ways. And when kids are making music? They're doing math, learning problem solving skills, AND learning to experiment effectively.

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What do you do when your child is totally stuck, frustrated, and just staring at the blank piece of paper? How do you help without doing it for them and without telling them too much but while still being ACTUALLY helpful?

Here are 5 tips ...

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#math

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The ideas in this article are SO good!

This week, ask your kids to try the Hundred Challenge (it might just be math for the whole week!!).

#homeschool #schoolathome

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If you are looking for something different to do in math this week, this problem set should be your first stop.

It's not your typical problem-solving activity. It's visual, engrossing, interesting, AND builds important math skills all at the same time!

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Doing #math with your #kidsathome?

Then it's time to bust out the puzzles!

#Puzzles build ALL kinds of math, problem solving and critical thinking skill in kids, and if you talk about HOW you work to solve, you get bonus points for strengthening communication skills.

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Have you checked out the science activities from the Monterey Bay Aquarium???

There are some AMAZING options in there for science, for understanding the impact of people on aquatic life, and for learning to care for our environment...

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#earthday

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Now that we're all doing math at home here we're all looking for ways to keep things interesting.

One way is to clearly connect math to life - and this article has 7 ideas for making this connection at home.

#mathathome
#realworldmath

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When you play games with your kids and share what you are thinking while you play the game (your strategy, your ideas, your challenges...), your kids will learn to also, honing their logic, reasoning and communication skills! #playgames #mathathome
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In this problem-set, kids will have to experiment, draw, collect data, look for patterns and think carefully about what is known, along with what is unknown – all so that they can decide if it’s even possible to solve the problem!

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This student answered a question that not only stumped physicists but is likely one you have wondered yourself (now you're thinking “When do I ask myself physics questions…?”)

Your kids can figure out anything if they put their minds to it!
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Now is the time to help your kids connect ideas in ways they might not have before.... What would go in your math magazine?
#schoolingfromhome #math #writing #stem #makingconnections

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Creative thinking is not built by doing the same kinds of tasks over and over again. It's built by doing tasks that call for creative thinking.

We know the value of asking kids to think a little differently.

How are you asking your kids to think today?

#creative #math #stem

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One of the ways to teach #math AND keep it interesting is to connect it to the world around you. You don't need an elaborate plan, or a boatload of manipulatives...
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#Graphs (like connect-the-dot puzzles) are used in #math, AND in so much of our daily lives to #solveproblems big and small. What better time than now to get into some of the most interesting math there is (that kids don't typically get in school...)?
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