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9 Ways to Use Halloween Candy, Costumes and Cooking to Teach Math
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Oh, the many sweet ways to teach Math in late October! I’ve always said that children learn best when they’re engaged and having fun. How much more fun can you have than playing dress up and scarfing down candy? Halloween is the perfect holiday…
5 Myths about Bullying that Parents Need to Know
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Many of you have been on one side or another of the bullying issue. Either a child has intimidated, harassed or physically harmed your child. Or your son or daughter was the bully. Being a parent in either situation is painful, but it’s especially…
Everyone Has Their Own Cognitive Fingerprint – No Brain is Alike to Another
When it comes to basic anatomy, all brains are made up of the same thing – gray matter, white matter, neurons, dendrites, axons, water, blood vessels, and fat. However, the innermost workings of the brain are unique from one person to another. According to research conducted by Yale University, each individual has their own cognitive…
Four Things Your Child Needs from You When a Natural Disaster Strikes
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching The images are disturbing: Rescue workers digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings, neighborhoods destroyed by hurricane winds and massive flooding and the faces of parents and children in shock because they’ve lost everything. Many of us shield our children from too much television,…
What do I Tell my Children about Gun Violence and Terrorism?
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching My heart is heavy. I’m re-running a post to support parents and children in the wake of another tragedy caused by gun violence, this time in Las Vegas. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and families of the worst mass shooting…
Important Steps to Learning Success
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…
8 Go-To Websites for Turning Your Child into an Academic Star
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Hello Everyone! School’s underway, and you probably know in general how well your child is doing. If you don’t, it’s not difficult to find out. You can go to back-to-school night if it hasn’t already passed or just contact your child’s school to find…
Knowing When your Child Needs Help with Homework
When your child is crying or ripping their homework to shreds, it is easy to see they need some help with homework. However, not all children are vocal or open about their struggles. In fact, you may be nine weeks into a school semester before you have a clue there is a problem. Here are…
A Secret Technique to Help Your Younger Child with Math
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Let’s say your child is struggling with counting or can’t remember shapes. What do you do? Usually, parents sit down and try to help their students themselves. Not a good idea. Research shows that parents who are anxious about Math do more harm than…
3 Ways that Doing Math is Like Going to an Amusement Park
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…
Our Discovery Process: Individualized Assessment
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…
3 Little-Known Apps to Solve Pesky Back-to-School Problems
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching What happens when your five-year-old freaks out on the first day of school? How can you get your child out of the house in time to catch the bus? What do you pack for lunch if your kids are likely to dump the nutritious…
Importance of Kids Learning to Explain Their Math Thinking
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…
10 Free Apps that Educators Recommend for Back to School
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Hip Hip Hurrah! School’s started! As much as I love my darlings, I can’t help but do a little dance at this time of year. But going back to school can also be stressful. Last week, I shared with you apps for specific challenges…
Three Ways that Kids who are Good at Math Benefit as Adults
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…