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Heads Up Card Game to Practice Math Facts

Oct 16, 2021 | Fort Lee Blog

Math facts are important. Call it memorization, call it knowing the times tables. Kids need to know math facts without finger-counting, and parents want to help. Math Facts Heads-Up is a card game that makes mastering these facts fun... or, at least, a..

Fractions Are the Key to Success in Algebra

Aug 23, 2021 | Fort Lee Blog

This is an easy to read extract by a high school student on the importance of understanding Fractions. It's based on research by Carnegie Mellon University and corroborated over several years by leading universities. From https://multiplyiq.com/fract..

Harvard Business Review: Learning Is Supposed to Feel Uncomfortable (No, No, NOT)

Aug 23, 2019 | Fort Lee Blog

I'm quoting the introductory portion of this interesting article from the Harvard Business Review: "Learning Is Supposed to Feel Uncomfortable" by Peter Bregman. The process our workshop leader asked us to follow was simple enough. We broke into smal..

Inc: Want to Raise Successful Kids, But Worried About Their Screen Time?

Aug 16, 2019 | Fort Lee Blog

By Bill Murphy Jr.www.billmurphyjr.com@BillMurphyJr   This is a story about trying to raise successful kids, worrying about them getting too much screen time, and hearing some surprising advice from an intriguing source. That source is the CEO of Yo..

Improve Your Child's Math Skills With Real World Practice & Activity

Feb 5, 2018 | Fort Lee Blog

Math is something you should do every day, regardless of whether you're 1, 21, or 100. Whether you're balancing your checkbook, measuring ingredients for a recipe...even forming a logical arguement to win a debate—all of these activities require and are..

Why "Number Sense" Is the Beginning of All Math Ability

Jan 30, 2018 | Fort Lee Blog

Ever hear your child or another student talk about math class and say, “That stuff doesn’t make sense to me!”? That’s pretty typical, and it’s because children don’t get enough context when they learn material. Providing context helps students integrate n..

Math is More than Numbers

Jan 9, 2018 | Fort Lee Blog

Using Math to Improve Important Life Skills On the surface, math may seem like it's all about numbers and formulas. However, this versatile subject is about much more than just counting, adding, and subtracting. Discover why math is more than numbe..