"Raising Financially Literate Children: Essential Lessons for Each Age and Stage"

Talking to children about finances can be difficult. Here are some great tips to get started.

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Getting Past Counting on Fingers and Toes

By Mathnasium When very young children first learn how to count, they use their fingers as manipulatives (physical objects used to teach math concepts). However, many kids continue to rely on their fingers as their primary computation ..

For Celebrated Jazz Artist, Vijay Iyer, Math Drives Musical Innovation

By Mathnasium Photo: Lynne Harty You don’t have to understand math in order to make great music, but it helps. Music is intrinsically mathematical, and the two disciplines have a symbiotic relationship. Pitch, frequency, ratios, interval..

STEM In Action: How Scientists Use Math in Space

By Mathnasium (Are you a “space ace”? Scientists use math to learn about space ALL the time. They use math to get to space, they use math in space, they use math to analyze what they learn in space. The possibilities for math in space are e..

Artist Hillel Smith: Using Math to Create Art

By Mathnasium   Every single day, Hillel Smith uses math to create art. It’s not “fractal art” or computer-driven design. He simply needs math to produce the art itself—everything from huge outdoor murals to inflatable sculptures.  “A..

Why Your Child Needs Math More Than You Think

By Mathnasium The language of the universe, math is omnipresent and unavoidable — and that’s a good thing. Math is a universal tool that helps our children thrive. From the earliest years, when parents show children the importance of sha..