Tag Archives: teaching math to kids

Free Math Worksheets: Solving the Resource Problem

Posted 19 March 2010 | By | Categories: Education | 9 Comments

     You could go to the bookstore and buy a collection of addition and subtraction worksheets.  Or you could visit DadsWorksheets.com and have access to 4,800 worksheets which cover every piece of basic math up to pre-algebra that you could ever want or need.  I discovered DadsWorksheets a year ago during my quest for the [...]

Teaching Basic Probability with a Pile of M&M’s

Posted 18 March 2010 | By | Categories: Education | 12 Comments

     Sometimes learning math can be yummy.  Yesterday we gave the boys a lesson in probability by using peanut M&M’s.  The motivation was pretty simple, answer correctly, get an M&M.  Here’s how it works if anybody is interested in trying it with their kids:             Step 1. Grab a handful of M&M’s and place them on [...]