Number lines provide a good mental arithmetic strategy for addition and subtraction. Here's our guide to using number lines and how they can help accelerate learning.
10 Priority Math Skills for 9 Year Olds
I’ve picked out my top ten priority maths skills for 9 year olds. You can use them as a “maths health checklist” to help you ensure your child is on track. If your child can answer these correctly and fluently (in a few seconds) chances are they’ve mastered the skill.
Multiplication - the Halving and Doubling Strategy
The halving and doubling method is a handy multiplication strategy to know, here is a simple walk though of what it is and when to use it.
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Find out why practice is the key to developing fluent math skills and how instant recall of math facts overcomes the bottleneck of working memory.
The Math Muscle - Why Practice is the Key to Mastering Math
Practice is key to learning mathematics. The math muscle is a simple animation that illustrates why practice is important and why it works.
Little and Often Learning - a Painless Route to Deep Learning
Little and Often Learning works great at home. This article explains the research and shows you how to get the best from the Komodo math home tutor system.
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Little and Often Learning - a Painless Route to Deep Learning
Little and Often Learning works great at home. This article explains the research and shows you how to get the best from the Komodo math home tutor system.
The Mathematical Brain - How Children Learn to Count
Counting is the first step on the mathematical journey and is often taken for granted. We look at some of the research to help understand how we learn to count and the key stages in this fascinating journey, and there's more to it than you may think.
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