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What's New Welcome to the parent resource section of my math web page! Please send me any suggestions or links that I do not have listed. Activities Edmarks Mighty Math Club http://www.mathclub.com/ The Mighty Math Club offers fun, age-appropriate activities that develop problem-solving and math skills. Here you and your child will find engaging learning games and activities, many of which you can do together. Activities are organized by children's ages: 3 to 5 years old, 5 to 8 years old, 8 to 12 years old, and 12 to 14 years old. You and your child can solve a puzzle, uncover a riddle, create a design, enter a contest, and more. EnchantedLearning.com http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html Enchanted Learning produces children's educational web sites and games which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. You will find many great links. One in the Preschool and Kindergarten page titles K-2 Math and Number Activities which is puzzles, graphing, writing numbers, and other number-related activities. Figure This: Math Challenges for Families http://www.figurethis.org/index40.htm Figure This! Mathematics Challenges for Families provides interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families. Learning Network Inc. http://www.familyeducation.com/home/ The Learning Network is an education source initiated by Pearson plc – the international media company that owns several of the world's leading education and financial publishing companies. Some links you will find are Activities you can do with your child and Tips and Advice for children of all ages and grades with educational printables and downloads. MathMastery.com MathMastery.com is a leading web site dedicated to helping students, teachers and parents learn, practice, and understand essential math skills. (Top of Page) Resources, Research, and Articles Annenberg/CPB http://www.learner.org Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project was created to improve K-12 math and science education. This site provides resources for educational change. One of the links you will find is Explore Math and Science with your Children. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.enc.org/topics/family/ Find out about dealing with math/science anxiety, communicating effectively between home and school, and actively encouraging student learning. Much of this material was published in the Family Involvement issue of ENC Focus. Discovery School parents site http://school.discovery.com/parents/index.html Help your child enjoy learning and excel in school. This complete stop for parents of school-age children has the smart, practical advice you need to make the right choices for your child's education. Figure This: Family Corner http://www.figurethis.org/family_corner.htm Family members—as children's first teachers—are crucial to student success. And the more adults become engaged in their children's education, the greater the chances that children will succeed.The resources listed here may help as you work with your child. Please click on the topics to the left that are of interest to you.These resources are designed as brochures and can be downloaded for printing by clicking here or on the PDF format button on each page, or you can click the buttons at right to download all five brochures at once. (All five brochures together will take approximately 10 minutes to download with a dial-up modem.) Learning Network Inc. http://www.familyeducation.com/home/ Learning Network is an education source initiated by Pearson plc – the international media company that owns several of the world's leading education and financial publishing companies. Here you will find a link called School Help that includes summer activites, homework help, tests and grades, etc. National Association for the Education of Young Children http://www.naeyc.org/parent_resources/ The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade. Links on this page include: Early Years: teaching young children through work and play, Books of special interest to parents, and Brochures most frequently used as parent resources. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) http://www.nctm.org The mission of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is to provide the vision and leadership necessary to ensure a mathematics education of the highest quality for all students. NCTM has a family corner section of their website. Check it out! You will also find a link to NCTM's Illuminations web site. Here you will find interactive math activities along with links to activity sites. National Parent Information Network http://npin.org/library.html This is a project of the ERIC system, which is administered by the National Library of Education in the U.S. Department of Education. Here you will find links to full-text resources, summary of books, and newsletters & magazines. Parent Soup http://www.parentsoup.com/ Parent Soup is part of iVillage.com which is a mother network that provides online practical solutions and everyday support. At Parent Soup, you will find an Educational Family link with articles and resources. Publications and Products http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ The U.S. Department of Education publishes a wealth of information for teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, parents, students, and others with a stake in education. In the parents section you will find the "Helping Your Child" series in which is a publication titled "Helping Your Child Learn Math". Texas Instruments Parent Center http://education.ti.com/parent/hilight/hilight.html The Texas Instruments Elementary Parent Center along with leading elementary educators, has developed educational technology to help students explore new concepts and develop skills in thinking, reasoning, and problem solving that will carry them into the higher grades and beyond. (Top of Page)