How I Made Math My Child’s Favorite Subject
Boring. Repetitive. Pointless. Frustrating. Too easy. Too hard. These were a constant flow of phrases from the mouth of my 8-year-old daughter daily about math. As a homeschooling mom, I was the one enforcing this curriculum…
Do You Have Math Anxiety?
Did you know that you can pass your dislike of math down to your child? Studies show that a parent’s math anxiety can negatively impact their child’s future success in math. Researchers found that math-anxious parents…
My Big “Thank You” to Math
For many, math is boring or seemingly irrelevant. It’s just numbers, formulas and word problems on paper. For others, math is intimidating because it can be abstract, complicated and full of bad memories. I’m certainly no…
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Don’t Mix It! gives your children a hands on approach to sorting at a materials recycling facility, also known as an MRF. Here are some great recycling facts with you to talk about with your little ones. Let’s reduce,…
Preparing Your Children for the Future… We’re Talking STEM Skills.
STEM based careers are projected to grow by more than 9 million between 2012 and 2022. How do you plan to prepare your children for their future lives in potential STEM careers? SimplyFun Playologist Mary Kettering…
STEAM, Play and Project Based Learning
I spent endless hours as a kid creating complicated contraptions with my Erector® sets, testing the boundaries of physics building elaborate sand castles at the beach, and conducting experiments with my small chemistry kit I received…