Summer is a time for fun and relaxation, but it can also lead to the "summer slide"—the learning loss that happens when kids take a long break from educational activities. Research shows that students can lose up to 27% of their progress in math over the summer, making it harder to catch up when school starts again.
As the school year winds down, kids (and parents!) often feel the excitement of summer break and the anticipation of a well-earned rest. However, before jumping into summer fun, it’s important to help kids finish the year strong—especially in math.
Many students come to Mathnasium nervous about math tests. We’d like to share a handful of our study tips to help you tackle each test performing at your personal best—in math, and in your other classes too! Preparing for a math test (or any test, really)..
As kids go through the various levels of math in school, there’s always one constant: Word problems. Whether students are learning addition and subtraction, fractions, algebra, or geometry, word problems always play a role. Some might argue that word prob..
Summer is the time for road trips, backyard BBQs, days at the beach and … math? That’s right! It’s important for students to make math a part of their summer so they don’t lose what they’ve learned during the schoo..
Unlike many academic subjects, math builds upon itself level by level, so it’s important to start with a strong foundation. The proven Mathnasium MethodTM forms the foundation for math mastery through deep understanding, with carefully selected..
What is it about Mathnasium that helps students find success in math? The answer is simple: We teach for understanding. Instead of coaching students to rely on memorization, rote learning, or calculators, our highly trained instructors use multiple approa..
In the spring, we traditionally encourage parents to guard against the summer slide, in which children lose 2-3 months of the previous year’s math learning during the long summer break. But this is hardly a traditional year. Before t..
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