Math Online Course For Classroom Centers

This blog will guide students through an online, self-paced math course that can be used at home or in classroom centers.  If students have access to computers, they will be able to work on math objectives to help them build stronger math skills.  Students will be guided through lessons as well as taught how to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls.

With more than 15 years of teaching experience, I can help students and parents navigate the "new" math which is not really new at all.  If you are a parent who hates the "new" math, you can get guidance to help your child succeed.

Note to Parents:  If you hate the new math, this is the blog for you and your child.  It will help alleviate some of the frustration you might have understanding the point and purpose of the new math.  You see why some of the textbooks your child is using are hurting him, and you'll also see why there is nothing wrong with you if you don't "get it".  I will reveal some of the hidden secrets in elementary school education that will help your child succeed.

If you're a teacher who needs a center activity for math time, you'll be able to find math videos and tutorials on this site that students can follow independently.  There are a lot of great math tutorials that can help students, the problem is finding them.  This math online course will ensure that videos are appropriate and safe for students to watch in school.  Math lessons will also be categorized to help children find them quickly and easily to help them learn and enjoy math.    It will also give students questions to answer in math notebooks to help students internalize the math.  Writing is one of the best ways for students to understand math, and this online math course will have thought provoking questions that guides learners to deeper understanding while also helping them improve their language arts skills.  Teachers are strapped for time meeting the new standards and I can help show you how you can easily "double dip" using your math time to increase reading comprehension, creativity and writing mechanics.  If you don't like teaching math, give me the chance to open your eyes to an exciting world of creativity and fun that has been hidden from "non-math" types.

In addition, this site will guide students through some of the best ways to remember information using the latest brain based research about how silly doodles and art can be used to enhance memory and to make learning more enjoyable.  At a time when schools are cutting the arts, this site is more important than every. Brain research supports art and music in education and students who struggle need innovative learning not more of the same type of instruction that didn't work in the first place.  For more than nine years, I have been honing classroom memory strategies using the best brain based research.  Learn two easy tricks that steal some of the best ideas from business and advertising to not only help your students or child with math, but I will also show them how to triple their retention rate.  Save time and make math learning fun.  This online math course will help students to dig deep into math concepts.

Fundamentals of this math course

First, this online math course is based on how the brain learns math the best.  Many students equate math with calculations, but honestly, calculations are only a small part of math.  Real math is problem solving and real math is creative.  When students learn the basics and truly understand them, students intuitively invent their own ways of doing some of the more complicated math that older learners were forced to memorize without really understanding why.

Why Parents Hate the New Common Core Math!

Parents hate the common core because it can be confusing and strange and no one wants to feel like they can't help their 4th grader with homework.  It is humiliating to some parents, and they have every right to be angry, but it doesn't have to be that way.  This math online course can help parents navigate what is needed and what is not to help your child do well in life.

Step 1  If you don't know your math facts, GO to this site and do not return until this site says that you have mastered your facts.  I can tell you from experience that students who do not know their facts struggle, big time.  I don't mean you need to kind of know your math facts.  You have to know them cold.  No fingers.  No thinking, just 9+6 BAM! 15.  NO HESITATION!  I can guarantee if you go through this free online program, your math scores will instantly double, triple or even quadruple!

WARNING!  DO NOT PLAY MATH GAMES TO LEARN YOUR FACTS!  MATH GAMES ARE FUN!  BUT TO LEARN YOUR FACTS YOU NEED TO MEMORIZE.  IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MATH.  IT IS MEMORIZATION!  90% OF THE MATH GAMES OUT THERE WASTE MORE TIME THAN THEY SAVE.  MANY STUDENTS JUST FIND THE TRICK OR GIMMICK TO THE GAME AND NEVER ACTUALLY LEARN THE FACTS.  THIS IS A SOLID PLACE TO LEARN YOUR MATH FACTS.  IT WORKS!  FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THIS PROGRAM STUDENTS HATE IT!  WHY?  IT FORCES THEM TO LEARN.  FORCE YOURSELF OR YOUR KID TO KNOW THE FACTS.  TODAY!  DO NOT EXCEPT ANYTHING BUT MASTERY.  COME BACK WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR FACTS.  Xtramath

You may also want to check back for my posting on memory tricks to help you learn things.

First, it is recommended that a student masters his or her basic math facts before starting this online course.  The basic facts are not math but memorization.  Many students do not know how to memorize which is a part of learning.  This site will have a guide to brain related memory tricks that help students to memorize basic facts.
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