Parenting & Mindset

7 Powerful Reasons We Never Say ‘You’re Bad at Math’—Boost Math Confidence Early “I’m just not a math person.” I heard this from my 6-year-old last week, and it broke my heart. As a teacher mom, I knew those words could damage her mindset and confidence around math. But what if there’s a better way? […]

How One Simple Question Builds Your Child’s Math Brain — Teacher Mom’s Proven Guide When my 4-year-old asked why he had more red toy cars than blue ones, I froze — not because I lacked an answer, but because I realized something powerful: he was showing early signs of math brain development. And he didn’t

Why Mistakes Matter in Math: Build Confidence Through Struggle Last Tuesday, I watched my first-grader throw his pencil across the kitchen table after getting a subtraction problem wrong for the third time. “I hate math! I’m terrible at it!” he cried, with tears welling up in his eyes. It was a heartbreaking moment — not

5 Brilliant Movement Math Activities for Kids | Boost Skills Yesterday morning, I watched my 6-year-old trudge toward the school bus with all the enthusiasm of someone heading to a root canal.“I hate math,” he mumbled, dragging his backpack behind him.But just three hours later, that same kid was practically bouncing off the walls, excitedly

Positive Math Language: 5 Simple Ways to Build Math Confidence “I’m just not a math person.”That sentence from my first-grader shattered me last Tuesday morning.As a former math teacher with fifteen years of experience, I realized I’d unknowingly planted seeds of math anxiety in my own home. Here I was, someone who’d spent my career