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Is Your Child Ready for Northwestern CTD? What Illinois Parents Need to Know About Gifted Math Programs

Preventing the summer slide

Don’t let the Summer Slide undo months of hard-earned math progress—students can lose up to 2–3 months of skills over break. With fun, real-world activities and Mathnasium’s engaging Summer Program, your child can stay sharp and start the school year with confidence.

Why Students Struggle with Fractions

Why do kids fear and struggle with fractions? Many kids fear fractions because they don’t understand how they work – they mix up the parts and don’t understand what they mean and what we do to them. Parents typically understand enough to get by in everyda..

Math Fun: How Much Do You Weigh on Other Planets

Have you ever wondered why astronauts can jump so high on the moon? It’s because the force of gravity on the moon is lower than it is on Earth! Simply put, gravity is the force that attracts two objects to each other. On a larger sca..