I was absolutely floored at how many emails I received after I posted the article about what to do when kids hate reading last week.
Many wrote to say thanks for sharing great tools, thanks for acknowledging how hard it is, or thanks for sharing some pretty decent tips.
And ohmygosh thank you so much.
Others wrote to ask me when I was going to write the same piece but for math: What do you do when kids hate math?
And again, ohmygosh thank you so so so much you know that your wanting me to write something is so totally appreciated and flattering beyond belief.
And others yet wrote: What do you do when it’s not your kids who hate math–but it’s the parent who hates math? What do you do when a parent’s anxiety is so high over math that he or she is unable to even begin to help? Then what?
Oh. My. Gosh. Ohmygosh OH. MAH. GOSH. Thank you so so so very much because you made me realize that I’m not alone–
I’m not going to lie and say I have all of the answers; you know I totally have openly admitted my own math anxiety and feelings of inadequacy in this department.
But I am excited to share some news that may be of interest to you on how to raise kids who love math.
Here’s the skinny. . .
- How to Raise Kids Who Love Math: There’s no hard and fast secret to raising kids who love math; in fact, I’m willing to bet that there’s no hard and fast secret to raising kids, period.
I’ve written post after post about how we try to incorporate fun math into our every day, though I’m still learning:
- math bingo!
- everyday math activities
- quick and easy math game–strike it out!
- fall fun grid games
- anytime math!
- 3 quick, totally cool, hands-on math games
- magic triangles
- math in the kitchen
- writing tricky number 5
- number hunt!
- street sign math
- number boxes 2.0
- skip counting
- ways to make math fun
- casual calculator fun