Summer slide, learning loss, June brain drain—whatever alliteration-esque phrase you choose—means some kids may lose up to 25% of the...

As every parent knows, juggling the demands of work and family can be overwhelming. This feat is especially challenging amidst the...

I'm doing a FREE webinar for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Math Solutions, the publisher of my book Math-Positive Mindsets: Growing a...

If you read my blog regularly, you know I’m the mom of a BUNCH of kids. It’s an odd-numbered year for my kids’ ages and six of them are...

I was recently interviewed by Reform Austin for a piece entitled, "Get Kids Ready for Online Learning." The article focused on choosing...

Don’t let fear, past experiences, or discouragement get in your way. The math-positive mindset you want for your kids begins with you.

The need for standard units should be developed by hands-on experience and reasoning tasks.

Regardless of the item children choose to measure with, the measurement process should be an active experience with kids as active doers.

Measurement understanding begins with comparisons. Here are 3 great tasks to get your PreK-kinder kids started.

A few months ago, I got into an eye-opening disagreement with my 4-year-old son, Knox, about shapes. He and I were messing around with...

We’ve all been there—sitting across from a child struggling with math and feeling like a struggling parent. And those feelings are even...

Sometimes math IS hard. And that's okay. Lots of things are hard. Parenting, marriage, jobs, pandemics, choosing carrots over carrot cake.