One of the greatest truths in learning is that none of us are as smart as all of us combined. The unity of a team develops each person’s full potential and learning capacity. Success isn’t achieved by a single individual. It requires a team that perpetuates learning outside of the classroom as well as in…
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Though it sounds like a stretch, Math mastery and a trip to an amusement park like Six Flags Discovery Kingdom have more in common than you’d think. And, no, it doesn’t have to do with calculating the speed of the Medusa roller coaster. It…
No two people in the world have the same brain, or learn in the same manner. The brain is constantly growing and evolving and adapting to its environment. It is changing to adjust to our skills, experiences, and our level of understanding. By understanding this a parent, you will have a higher level of appreciation…
Over the course of the past twenty years, the organization known as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has been a leader in the concept of motivating children to explain their math thinking within the classroom environment. It is believed that this activity helps a child to reason in a mathematical manner and…
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching As parents, we want our children to grow up to be happy, healthy and wise. We run ourselves ragged to increase the odds of that happening – from ferrying them to sports and music classes, to monitoring what they eat and when they sleep…
Let’s face it. Not everyone is good at math. If your child has had a tough time with mathematics in the past, it might be time to get started with tutoring. The earlier you start, the better off that they will be in the long run. For the struggling child, in-class learning may be compared…
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Parents influence a student’s academic achievement five times more than teachers do, according to research conducted by the Royal Economic Society in the United Kingdom (UK). And the Math nerd in me is happy to report that parental influence is strongest in Math and…
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Here’s one of my fav posts from the past… We all want our children to be Einsteins. Parenting Expert Vicki Hoefle says it best: “Thinking Kids are WAY more FUN to Raise than Zombie kids who don’t think for themselves.” So what’s the difference…
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Director of Miracle Math Coaching. Have your child look at this drawing. Ask what he or she sees. Is it a duck, facing left with its beak open? Or is it a rabbit, facing right with its ears straight back? There’s no correct answer, because it’s both. The image was…
I’m always running across interesting articles and websites devoted to my great love – helping children excel in Math. From time to time, I’ll devote a post to the most recent gems I’ve found. Here are 10, with topics ranging from encouraging girls in Math to using games to sharpen skills to combating summer reading…