Parent resources

Because family involvement is so important in fostering children's positive attitudes toward math, we've gathered useful information for parents from a range of experts, and we're making it easily available here.

"Given that children aged 8-10 spend nearly as much time interacting with media as they do in school, the nation shares not only a considerable opportunity but an urgent responsibility to leverage digital media for children's learning."

A Family's Guide: Fostering Your Child's Success in School Mathematics

This award-winning guide offers tips on how family members can help their children enjoy mathematics, and practical ways to discuss and do math at home together. As a service to parents of school-age children, Illuminations is offering this signature publication from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) as a free, download.

Helping Children Learn at Home: Math and Science Tips for Young Children

When parents encourage their children to ask questions and help children explore and discover the natural world, they are helping build an interest in math and science. From math.com, here are some ideas for what you can do to develop your child's interest in math and science.

How Children's Learning Games Can Help Address the Math Gap

A brief overview of research that shows how early math learning supports later academic success, the role online learning games can play in early learning, the importance of a standards-based curriculum, and why it's important in life beyond the classroom.

Helping Your Child Succeed: What Parents & Families Can Do At Home To Help Their Children Meet High Standards

This site offers a set of tips to help families help their children be successful in school, published by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which works with schools and communities to help kids meet high standards.

Every Child Mathematically Proficient: Top Ten Tips for Parents

This site requires that you register to download information, but you'll find some useful resources. The Learning First Alliance is a group of national education associations dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools. These are excellent guidelines for parents who want to raise math-literate children. Click on the link for "Top Ten Math Tips for Parents" and fill out the form to register

D is for Digital: An Analysis of the Children's Interactive Media Environment With a Focus on Mass Marketed Products that Promote Learning

For parents who are interested in an industry perspective, there is some interesting data on children's media consumption in this report. It scans and analyzes the children's interactive media environment with a focus on mass marketed products for children aged three to eleven that promote learning. The report documents key factors influencing the current market environment and offers recommendations to expand educational uses of digital media for industry action.

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10 Minutes of Math a Day

This USA Today article reports on a Brookings Institution study finding that adding ten minutes of math instruction to an eighth-grader's day translates into a jump in math skills.