25 Brilliant LEGO Math Activities to Build Number Sense and STEM Skills at Home Last Tuesday, I watched my 6-year-old daughter Emma struggling with basic addition homework. Meanwhile, her little brother started stacking LEGO bricks and counting. That’s when I realized: LEGO wasn’t just play—it was powerful math in disguise. Here I was, a former […]

Boost Early Math Skills Through Music | Fun and Proven Learning Strategies for Kids “Can we sing the counting song again?” My 4-year-old’s eager request stopped me in my tracks last Tuesday morning. As a former high school math teacher now raising a first-grader and preschooler, I’d always understood the connection between music and math,

Counting Made Fun: Use Sticker Charts to Teach Early Math at Home “I don’t want to count anymore!” My four-year-old’s dramatic declaration echoed through our living room last Tuesday evening. There we sat, surrounded by scattered counting bears and worksheets that had somehow become the enemy rather than fun learning tools. As a former middle

Sand Writing for Kids: Build Number Sense with This Simple Tactile Math Trick “Mom, I keep writing my 3s backwards!” My first-grader’s frustrated voice echoed from our kitchen table where homework battles were becoming a nightly routine. As a former middle and high school math teacher, I thought I’d seen every learning struggle imaginable. But