The Key to Developing Young Math Problem Solvers
Math is typically seen as a set of isolated skills and procedures for kids to learn in a very sequential order. Usually, problem solving comes after we teach kids those skills and procedures. But I have a guest vlogger today who wants us to change that. I’m...
How to make subtraction not so hard
I got an email asking, why do kids struggle with subtraction facts? She said, “they eventually get addition, multiplication, and even division facts, but students continue to struggle with their subtraction facts.” I’m Christina Tondevold, The Recovering...
An Often Unused Way to Collaborate Within Your School: Vertical PD Meetings
I got an email a while back from a principal who was concerned about ways to help her staff collaborate. Part of her email said, “As a small school, we only have one teacher per grade level. And thus it can be difficult to have authentic collaboration with our...
The Importance of Visuals in Math
In this uncertain time of educating kids, teachers and parents are struggling with how to provide math instruction to kids. One thing that I want to encourage all educators to do, yes, that’s teachers and parents, is to make math visual for the kids. I’m...
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