Granite Bay Blog

Summer Is for Accelerating Math Skills

Apr 20, 2022 | Granite Bay Blog

Spring is the season of new beginnings. When flowers start to bloom, trees shake off the doldrums of winter and turn green, animals awaken from their winter slumbers and the earth seems to spring back to life (see what we did there?). Even in a year un..

Mathnasium Belief

Apr 14, 2022 | Granite Bay Blog

Since our first learning center opened in California in the spring of 2002, we have grown to more than 1,000 Mathnasium Learning Centers worldwide. We are humbled and incredibly grateful that, with each center we open, we profoundly impact the lives of ch..

Math and the Left-Brained Misconception

Apr 12, 2022 | Granite Bay Blog

Dear Larry, No matter how hard I work to improve my grades in math, I just can’t seem to understand it. I’m a right-brained creative person, and I don’t think my brain is wired to understand math. What advice can you give someone like..

Using Math to Create Art

Feb 12, 2022 | Granite Bay Blog

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.  ..

Love Math All Year Long!

Feb 9, 2022 | Granite Bay Blog

This is the time of the year that we show love and appreciation to the things that we care about! Here are a few ways you can recognize and appreciate math and statistics all year long. Appreciate the math that goes into your technology. Alm..

Math: It's More Than Numbers

Feb 6, 2022 | Granite Bay 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 num..

Recovering From Counting on Fingers and Toes

Feb 3, 2022 | Granite Bay Blog

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 tools once they move on to ma..

New Owner at Mathnasium of Granite Bay

Feb 1, 2022 | Granite Bay Blog

I am so excited for this new adventure! After working in Mathnasium for 4+ years, I can finally use my expertise to operate my own center. Math is a subject that I’ve always felt passionate about, that is why I earned a BA degree in Mathematics from..