Does your child need math help or fun math challenges?

This class is tailored to your child's needs--I can work with children for 20 minutes to an hour per meeting time.   If you communicate with me about your child's needs ahead of time, I can prepare a plan of action.  Ideas for ways I can work with your child: Homework help, basic math fact recall and confidence, problem solving and application, or an encouraging person to ask all the questions they may not get answered in their regular math time.

I taught full-time for sixteen years, and math is one of my favorite subjects! I excel in teaching thinking, problem solving, and pattern finding, not just teaching isolated methods that may not mean much to students.  I believe in providing for play, discussion, and materials you can hold and move in math.  I have a Masters of Special Education of Academically and Intellectually Gifted Students, and taught in a magnet school for gifted students for eight years.  This means I am an expert at challenging students, delving deep into topics, and helping those for whom math isn't their greatest strength. 

A basic class may look like this:
Greeting

Number talk--an engaging, brief problem to get our math brains warmed up and model that we may all see solutions in different ways.

Focus content--depending on what you'd like me to help with, this may be reviewing a concept on a homework assignment, learning a new way to multiply large numbers, or a creative problem solving opportunity that your child can explore to stretch their math skills.  This may be direct instruction with models I give with time to practice, or it may be a collaborative discussion.

Game or puzzle--I have many math games that use logic, number, pattern, which help increase enjoyment of math and build mathematical thinking.


I believe math is best learned by first having concrete experiences that can translate to conceptual ones.  I believe children should be given the chance to play with numbers and shapes and develop connections as they make sense to them.  I believe in giving children time to explore their own ideas before I tell them a certain way to do something.

Please contact me to let me know what areas of need your learner has so that I can prepare for your learner.  I am available to communicate with you before and after classes to let you know areas of growth or areas of need I see.  If we are a good fit together and your child continues with me, I plan to make this a collaborative planning process, where I use my observations and your feedback to plan future sessions.