A new study finds traditional math instruction – what many folks call "drill and kill" – is more effective in helping young children struggling in math than group work, peer tutoring or hands ...

Math is everywhere in daily life. Parents and teachers can use simple activities to teach math without a textbook.For example ...

Starting with babies “is really critical because a lot of math-related education happens ... Now, it is adapting activities such as arithmetic dot-tracking and comparison, shown to improve ...

There are books at every grade level that can engage students in thinking about math. Go on a shape hunt around the house ... count out how many cups of flour you need (with young children). Older ...

The most commonly encountered activities in preschool are among the least effective for teaching children math. Learning to count by rote teaches children number words and their order, but it does ...

Family math nights are designed to engage parents and guardians in fun games with their children ... like budgeting workshops alongside math activities. Schools that piloted math nights for ...

Worse, the standard curriculum starts with arithmetic, which Droujkova says is much harder for young children than playful activities based on supposedly more advanced fields of mathematics.