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avatarXavier
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How do I help my daughter do better in math?



Question applies to ages: 6, 7, 8

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Top 5 in: Discipline, Families and Relationships, Growth and Development, Learning Styles, Manners and Values, Parenting Support, Parents and SchoolsTop 5 in 7 Topics		 Our biggest struggle with our son was getting him past the idea that he wasn't good at math. We ended up spending a lot of time playing what we called "math games" with him. We'd teach him different tricks with numbers and try to use positive language about math. We'd also try to show him how much of math was a big puzzle.

He really enjoys playing Nintendo DS, so we also got him the Brain Games and a puzzle-solving game called Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Our son spent hours playing the latter game. It involved solving a series of logic and story problems that were cleverly disguised as "puzzles." Eventually, we let our son know that he'd been doing algebra, geometry, and other forms of math.

I also found some really helpful articles on this site:

Math for 2- to 6-year olds talks about how one parent helped her child learn to love math:
Math-for-2-to-6-Year-Olds-1652

"Preparing Your Child to Learn Math" is aimed at young children, but many of the ideas could be adapted to older children as well:
Preparing-Your-Child-To-Learn-Math-1227

Mostly, we have found that talking about math and math subjects as part of our ongoing discussions in the car, over meals, while playing games, etc., has helped our son realize how important we think the topic is and to make it less intimidating for him.
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