Math at Home

Place value explained for parents: what it is and how to help at home

Place value is why the 3 in 347 is worth 300 and why carrying, borrowing and decimals work at all. This guide covers what each grade is expected to know, four ways schools show a number, and five kitchen-table steps that build it.

New math homework, decoded: what each strategy is for

Number bonds, open number lines and area models look strange to anyone who learned to carry the one. This guide explains what each strategy does, which old method it leads to, and how to help without contradicting the teacher.

Fractions explained for parents: what school teaches now and how to help at home

Fractions changed since most parents learned them. This guide explains equal parts, the number line, equivalent fractions, comparing and adding with unlike denominators, with worked examples you can do at the kitchen table.

Signs of dyscalculia in children: what parents notice first

How dyscalculia shows up at different ages, how to tell it apart from math anxiety or a missed topic, who can carry out a real assessment, and what helps at home in the meantime.

Math Skills by Grade: A Parent Checklist for Grades 1 to 6

What children are expected to master in each of grades 1 to 6, the 20-second checks that show whether a skill is there, and what to do at home when you find a gap.

Learn the times tables fast: the ten facts that take real work

Most of that frightening grid runs on rules and patterns. This guide names the ten multiplication facts your child has to memorize and sets out a four-week routine that fits into ten minutes a day.