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Six Tips for Choosing the Best Summer Camp for your Child
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director Last week, I provided information about Miracle Math’s affordable Brain-Based Math Adventure Camps. Here’s a previous post with valuable information about picking a summer camp in general. Enjoy! Let’s say you decide your children need a break from school, so you keep them home from September to December….
Tips for Moving your Child from “I Can’t Do Math” to “Bring it On!”
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching “I’m just no good at Math.” As a parent, how many times have you heard that? And it’s so frustrating to see your child feel hopeless about such an important subject. But there is hope. One of my biggest sayings to my daughters and…
Magnificence, Magic, and Mastery with Miracle Math Summer Camp
Would you like your child to experience magnificence, magic, and mastery? If so, Miracle Math Summer Camp is the way to go! This specially-designed academic camp is designed for families that want to avoid the ever-so-common “summer slide” – especially in mathematics. Math is a cumulative academic subject in which each skill builds upon the…
Forget Whether Teachers Like Your Child; How Do They Feel about You?
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Some of us are fortunate enough to be able to volunteer in the classroom, participate in the PTA or chip in to help with fundraisers and special events. And though I manage to volunteer at my daughters’ schools sometimes, I realize that not everyone…
Six Ways to Celebrate Reading, which Can Help Make Your Child a Math Star
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching May is “Get Caught Reading” month, an observance to underscore the importance – and fun – of reading. What does that have to do with Math? Because reading for pleasure improves children’s brains, according to a British study of 17,000 participants. And you know…
Finishing Out the School Year Strong
As parents, it is our responsibility to ensure that we are raising capable and responsible learners. Our children must persist and excel in order to obtain the skills and knowledge that is needed to achieve success as adults. They must learn to work smart, not hard. They must be able to push through – despite…
What Does Math have to do with Poetry?
By Deanna Hurn, Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching In honor of National Poetry Month, here’s one of my favorite posts from last year: In honor of National Poetry Month, here’s one of my favorite posts from last year: As you know, April is National Mathematics Awareness Month. I recently learned that April is also…
5 Cool Apps to Help Celebrate one of my Favorite Months
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Director of Miracle Math Coaching You know I’m the coolest Math nerd ever, right? Well, April is special to me because it’s National Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month. Okay, not everyone thinks that’s a reason to jump for joy. But your kids might appreciate my idea for helping them celebrate:…
Tips for Preparing for College While Still in High School
It’s important to have fun while you’re in high school, spending time with friends and making the most out of those years. However, it’s not all about fun – you also need to make sure that you’re preparing for college and the career you pursue later in life. Preparing for college success is as simple…
It Pays to Talk with your Kids about Money
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching Does your young child believe nickels are worth more than dimes because nickels are bigger? That makes so much sense, right? Correcting kids on the value of coins is easy. But you might think a deeper conversation about money would go over their heads….
Tis the Season for College Entrance Exams
Every spring, high school students, mostly juniors and seniors but also some sophomores, prepare to take the SAT and ACT college entrance exams. Before 2016, this meant students needed rather extensive preparation for these tests. Changes in the tests began as early as 2015 and are more evident in 2017. In the past, both tests…
It’s Women’s History Month, so Let’s Celebrate Mathematicians
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Director of Miracle Math Coaching If you post on Facebook, search on Google or write using Microsoft Word, you can thank a woman. In the mid-1800s, Mathematician Ada Lovelace made calculations of rational numbers in what is now known as the first computer program. Her mother pushed Ada to study…
How to Promote Healthy Eating Using Math for National Nutrition Month
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching After losing 93 pounds and releasing the mental fog of not giving my brain and body the optimal nutrition it needs, I’ve been super excited about March – National Nutrition Month. Although we’re at the tail end of the month, it’s not too late…
How to Provide “Growth Feedback”
By Deanna Hurn, Founder and Executive Director of Miracle Math Coaching As a board member of the National Tutoring Association, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity of contributing to its Mentor Workbook. The most recent section I wrote helps mentors give growth feedback to mentees. Because the information can be useful to parents, I’m sharing it…
What we Do at Miracle Math Coaching
BRAIN-BASED. HEART-LED™ Using a proven and productive way to teach math is only as good as the input that is retained. For too long, public school systems have worked with students that immediately catch on to the dynamics of mathematics while the rest of the class never grasps the concept. ‘I do not have enough…