This past fall, my 10-year-old son's teacher told me that he'd started to fall behind in math. She was certain that it wasn't because of an inability to do the work, but because of a lack of confidence and a general aversion for doing things that he has to put forth a little bit more effort for than he would like. He'd told her during class, "Math is my nemesis." As someone who does NOT have a good relationship with math, I've always wanted to make sure that my boy doesn't have the same math-related hangups, so I decided it was time to act. Toward the end of the semester, we started small group math sessions 3 times a week with Power ASC. He pouted through the whole first session and didn't want to even attempt any of the activities. He got frustrated very easily if he thought something was too difficult. Before long, he was one of the loudest kids in the bunch! I watched his confidence grow right along with his number sense, and when the sessions ended for the summer, he said "Aww man!" When I told him that he would be doing summer sessions, he said "Yessssss!" All that to say, Ms. Jones is amazing. If you have K-5 mathematicians, sign them up NOW. Group sessions, private tutoring, chess lessons--the sooner you get her interacting with your children, the stronger their math skills will be. read more
