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Itโ€™s Pi Day! Learn all about this Worldwide Celebration of

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Today is March 14th (or 3.14) and itโ€™s a day honouring one of the most famous numbers in mathematics, also known as Pi! Once a year, Pi Day is celebrated worldwide by eating pies, pizzas, and for math lovers, itโ€™s a day for celebrating the universal language that math is. But what actually is pi…

March 14, 2023
Mandy Rusin

4 Ways to Become The Math Expert Your Children Can

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As parents, itโ€™s natural to want to help, but sometimes it is difficult to know how exactly to, or youโ€™re short on time, or simply canโ€™t find the right words to make math make sense. It can feel incredibly challenging to explain concepts from your childโ€™s curriculum and at their level in an easy and…

November 30, 2022
Jennifer Lee

Math

5 Great Tips to Finding the Right Tutor for Your

7 min read

There are many reasons for a child to fall a bit behind in one school subject or another. Maybe your family moved and the new school does things differently, or maybe your child is operating on a different developmental clock than the curriculum. Whatever the reason, being behind other learners is never a happy situation…

November 22, 2022
Carlie Parkinson

tutoring - Child with bad score test and parents in living room

Coyoteโ€™s Crazy Smart Science Show

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Please enjoy our sponsored post from APTN.ย  Season 2 on APTN Celebrates Indigenous Science for Indigenous Children and their Friends premieres on May 10 A helpful resource for parents and educators thatโ€™s fun for kids who are staying at home After a successful first season on APTN, Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show (Coyote Science) returns…

May 1, 2020
Carlie Parkinson

Science

3 Free learning resources

2 min read

With schools closing to help stop the spread of coronavirus, millions of kids will be at home and you may even be their new substitute teacher. If youโ€™re new to homeschooling, youโ€™re probably wondering how you can help your children learn and keep them occupied while you work from home too. Itโ€™s especially important to…

March 23, 2020
Carlie Parkinson

homeschooling

Getting it right with Reading Eggs

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This post was brought to you by Reading Eggs, but the opinions are my own. Reading is an important skill. Itโ€™s something we always encouraged our children to do by reading them bedtime stories or doing reading activities on a rainy day. In the past, I never actively taught my children to read. I have…

December 13, 2019
Carlie Parkinson

Girl using Reading Eggs

Combating Math Anxiety

4 min read

For many of us, a simple math equation can trigger an unpleasant visceral reaction. If calculating a restaurant tip or even just seeing a simple math equation makes you feel like running away, youโ€™re probably suffering from math anxiety. ย Math anxiety is a debilitating emotional reaction to mathematics that interferes with the manipulation and computation…

January 25, 2018
Alaina Chun

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