Math Enrichment

Math Websites for Children and Families

NOTE: Some sites may include advertisements.

Interactive Sites

Interactive Math Activities
http://www.aplusmath.com/

Online Flashcards - everything from addition to telling time to algebra
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html

Woodlands’ Junior School Interactive Maths - Kids’ Fun Math Activities (ages 7-11)
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/ichild.html

MathsNet Puzzles - everything from Suduko to Connect 4 to Chess
http://www.mathsnet.net/puzzles.html

MathsNet - large site for adults and children, includes daily: suduko, math fact question, suduko, chess problem; and much more.
http://www.mathsnet.net/

Virtual Manipulatives - a fabulous interactive site!
http://investigations.terc.edu/resources/childfamweb.cfm

Math Activities to do at Home (non interactive)

At Home with Math
http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/

Helping Your Child Learn Math
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html

National Council of Teachers’ of Mathematics Challenges for Families
http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/challenge_index.htm

Problems of the Week for Elementary Students
http://www.wits.ac.za/ssproule/elem_pow.html

Math Resources for Parents

20 Questions about Math Reasoning
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/steen/Papers/reason.html

TERC Investigations Math Resources Page
http://investigations.terc.edu/resources/famcareweb.cfm

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org/families/

About TERC Investigations Math - Sudbury’s core Math program

About TERC
http://investigations.terc.edu/families/aboutinv.cfm

ARC Tri-State Student Achievement Study - which shows the superiority of NSF based Mathematics programs (including TERC Investigations) on student achievement.
http://www.comap.com/elementary/projects/arc/The%20ARC%20Center%20Tri-State%20Student%20Achievement%20Study.pdf

Do children learn math facts in TERC Investigations?
http://investigations.terc.edu/faqs/investigations/author/q10.cfm

About Algorithms (procedures for computing)

How children develop computational fluency
http://investigations.terc.edu/relevant/Compfluency.cfm

How multiplication and division are taught in TERC Investigations
http://investigations.terc.edu/faqs/investigations/author/q37.cfm

Should I teach my child MY way of doing math computation?
http://investigations.terc.edu/faqs/investigations/author/q42.cfm

Mathematicians speak about alternative algorithms

Dr. Virginia Warfield, mathematician at the University of Washington
http://www.math.washington.edu/~warfield/news/news70.html

Eve Torrence of Randolph-Macon College
http://educationupdate.com/archives/2002/dec02/issue/spot_mathtorrence.html

How to do multi-digit multiplication using distributive property / “Partial Product” method - easiest method for many children
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/ebooks/preview/MD2_Easy_Algorithm.pdf

A video demonstration of the “Partial Dividend” method of division - also called Repeated Subtraction method, which most children find the easiest to understand
http://www.teach-nology.com/forum/showthread.php?p=12239

How to do long division as repeat subtraction (also called the “Partial Dividend” method)
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/ebooks/preview/MD2_Division_Repeated_Subtraction.pdf

About Math Olympiads -part of our Math Club

http://www.moems.org/program.htm

Jim Olsen’s Home page

Math Teaching Resources - huge resource with many cool interactive math sites
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfjro1/wiu/tea/page1-99.htm