When I was a classroom teacher, I was always searching for new ways to present or introduce concepts and additional resources to teach effectively. This was especially true when I taught College Algebra, as our textbook was somewhat lacking (in my opinion), and I didn't even have a teacher's manual. If you are struggling to help your kids make sense of math concepts, or you just need some new ideas and resources, I would encourage you to explore Keep Reading...
Finding & Filling the Math Gaps
The difficulty in math is not that some people get it and some people don't (there's no such thing as a math person). It's not that there's so much to memorize (you can't understand math by memorizing). It's that math is relentlessly sequential. New math concepts and skills build on previously learned concepts. And while you may be able to get by ok for a while with gaps in your math learning, eventually you're going to hit a wall. And it will be Keep Reading...