Incentive to learn the value of coins and how to add them

Submitted: 05-Mar-2003

I found a great way to encourage my son to learn how to count money. When we go out he often will ask for a soda or snack from the vending machines. I started telling him that he could have one if he could figure out how much change he needed. I told . . . [click for more]

Play games to practice math

Submitted: 18-Feb-2003

Why spend time drilling math facts when you can have fun playing a game instead? No, I'm not talking about games designed to teach math, I'm talking about regular games. Many games involve some kind of math, even if they weren't designed as education . . . [click for more]