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National Tutoring Association Puts Miracle Math Front and Center
We all know that I like to brag about what great students, parents, staff and coaches we have at Miracle Math. We’re awesome. And now the entire tutoring industry knows it. The National Tutoring Association (NTA) is the largest and oldest professional organization for tutoring professionals, and it’s featured two of Miracle Math’s blog posts…
Six Tips for Choosing the Best Summer Camp for your Child
Let’s say you decide your children need a break from school, so you keep them home from September to December. How well will they do in class after missing three months of school? Can you say Cs and Ds? Now relate that scenario to the summer months. Not keeping your child academically active during the…
6 Things You Can Do To Help Your Junior High Math Student
An Ultimate Guide to Teens and Algebra Do you remember how excited your little girl was the first day she came home from school? Chances are she hopped off the bus or walked out the door with you chatting all about her day. She had the best lunch and made a new friend and she…
Miracle Math Student Janiya Wins “Student of the Month”
I am always so very proud of my students. When they do well, I realize that the hard work my staff, coaches and I is paying off. Janiya is one of our amazing, hard-working students, and she’s been named “Student of the Month” at her school!” Yeah!!! for Janiya. Here’s what her mother, La Tanya Terrones,…
Three Ways Academic Coaching is Better than Math Tutoring
Some people believe an Academic Coach and a Tutor are the same thing. Nope. That’s like saying a fruit salad is the same as a pineapple. They’re both food. Both consist of fruit. Both are satisfying (though not like Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey). But one offers grapes, strawberries, pears and pineapples. Math Tutoring teaches…
How to Raise Perfect Kids (Who Master Common Core Math, Conquer Homework and Love Test-Taking)
Psych! There’s no such thing as a perfect kid, and if you have the formula on how to accomplish this please, inbox me! We all want our children to do well. But if you’re laser-focused on your children becoming superstars, I feel sorry for you and your precious ones. Harsh, I know. It’s just that…
Here’s a Math Problem to Solve: If it’s the Year 2035, How Old are Your Children? And What Will They be Like?
I often wonder what kind of women my girls will become. And I don’t mean what careers they’ll have. If they stay true to their dreams, Ramiyah will be a personal injury lawyer, Sariah will be a doctor or medical specialist and Ariella will be a successful entrepreneur, much like her mother. They’ll definitely do…
Miracle Math Recruits Celebrity Coaches for Free Math Tutoring. See Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey in Fairfield!
I’m happy to report that after many months of negotiating, I am able to confirm that three famous celebrities will become “Coaches for a Day” at Miracle Math. Grammy Award-winning Recording Artists Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey have all agreed to show us that they’re not just amazing singers. They can do Algebra, too. “I…
This is How a Math Tutor Can Put $500,000 in your Pocket
It’s all about that GPA. Students with A’s are richer when they’re adults than students with B’s or C’s. If you’re a girl with a 4.0 (A average) in high school, you will earn $525,000 more in your lifetime than a classmate with a 2.0 (C average). If you’re a guy with an A average,…
Barbie’s Attitude about Math is Bad for your Daughter, and Here’s How to Fix It.
“Math is Tough!” That’s what Mattel Toy’s newest talking Barbie said when it was introduce many years ago. Parents, women’s groups and anyone who understands the power of words went ballistic. It was bad enough that executives at the toy company bought into the false stereotype that girls are no good at Math. But they…
5 Little-Known Ways Mom and Dad Can Play Math Tutor for Spring Break
Yikes! Spring Break is here. That means seven looooooonnnnnnng days of keeping your children busy. I hope those of you who work have scored big-time in the “I found daycare” lottery. And some of you might have already packed your bags for a family vacation. But some of you are home with kids who will…
Special Letter to My New Friends in Solano County (and all of my Long-Time Friends, too)
Hi Everyone: Here’s everything you’d want to know about Miracle Math Coaching – I founded the business after leaving my job as an Actuary in 2008. I was making great money as a statistician for an insurance company, but I was not a fulfilled Math professional. I have two Math degrees, graduated from the University…
7 Websites for Parents who Want to see A’s on Report Cards
Technology is your new BFF if you want your children to stay ahead academically. You know enough to outlaw the bad stuff – no videogames of cold-blooded snipers taking out neighborhoods, and, definitely, no Facebook, Tweeting, Snapchatting, Instagramming, Pinteresting and texting during homework or dinner time. But there’s a treasure trove of apps and websites…
How Not to Raise a Liar
No one wants to raise a Pinocchio, the child whose nose grew every time he told a lie. When you catch your children telling a fib, what should you do? Give them a time out? Take away their TV time? Spank them? The answers are “no,” “no” and “no”. Check out what experts say about how…