Using New Year’s Resolutions to Help your Children become Better Students

Using New Year’s Resolutions to Help your Children become Better Students

By Deanna Hurn, Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching New Year’s is less than two weeks away, and now is a great time to find new ways to help your kids when school starts.  You can help them excel if they’re already classroom stars.  Or you can help them wipe their academic slate clean if they’re…

Holiday Gifts for your Budding Scientists, Technologists, Engineers and  Mathematicians

Holiday Gifts for your Budding Scientists, Technologists, Engineers and Mathematicians

If you’re hitting the stores in these final days before Christmas, look for toys that stimulate the mind.  Educators are emphasizing learning related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).   So why not seek games and gadgets specifically aimed at instilling STEM skills?    

8 Facts to Help Teach Children about Hanukkah

8 Facts to Help Teach Children about Hanukkah

Tuesday evening, December 16th, marks the beginning of Hanukah, “The Festival of Lights.”  Though it often falls in December, this holiday is not a Jewish version of Christmas.  Rather, it’s a celebration of the Jewish victory over the Syrian-Greeks in 165 B.C.E. For students who don’t know the story, here are eight facts to relay….