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Introducing Mathnasium@home!

Mar 25, 2020 | Yorktown South Blog

Per the Governor of Virginia, all non-essential businesses are closed as of 3/25/2020 until further notice.  That means, of course, that Mathnasium will have to close its doors to in-center instruction for the near future.   However, that doe..

Summer at Mathnasium!

Jun 3, 2018 | Yorktown South Blog

Power Up Your Child This Summer!   Let Mathnasium transform your child through a balance of constructive learning and fun!    Our Summer Memberships Include:   Customized “Power Math Workout Programs” W..

How To Choose The Right Summer Math Program

Apr 11, 2018 | Yorktown South Blog

Plenty of summer math learning programs are available to assist kids who need or want stronger math skills. Comparing them, though, is like comparing apples to bananas: They’re in the same category but aren’t at all the same. They may all soun..

Why Do Kids Fear And Struggle With Fractions

Apr 9, 2018 | Yorktown South Blog

  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 unde..

Mathnasium In the Summertime

Apr 5, 2018 | Yorktown South Blog

    Math might not be as fun as art or sports, or as cool as robotics and science, but it’s still pretty awesome!  Students need to stop thinking of math as something that they will only use in the classroom. Math is used eve..

Why Do Kids Struggle With Geometry?

Apr 5, 2018 | Yorktown South Blog

Why do kids struggle with Geometry? Geometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with the properties, measurement, and relations of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids.  In layman’s terms it is math applied to pictures.  &nb..

What Is STEM?

Apr 5, 2018 | Yorktown South Blog

What is STEM? It is simply an acronym for Science – Technology – Engineering – Mathematics. Why is STEM important? STEM careers in the US are growing twice as fast as other professions. They also ma..

Why Do Kids Struggle With Algebra?

Apr 5, 2018 | Yorktown South Blog

  Why do kids struggle with Algebra? We’ve asked algebra teachers what skills they wish their students were better at coming into Algebra class? Their answers were always the same 3 skills: Multiplication facts, Fractions, and I..

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