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This is where you'll find the latest happenings, news, & ideas in math teaching

Math teaching videos
My videos at YouTube show you how to teach concepts.
How to help students with multiplication tables?


Worksheets
Various worksheets on TONS of math topics you can generate for free!

Basic operations worksheet generator is updated! Make worksheets for whole numbers or integers - all four operations, including add & subtract or multiply & divide - horizontal or vertical - add a border and/or extra workspace, use a variable, and more.

Curriculum
Advice, reviews, and resources to help you choose a math curriculum!

Online math games, tutorials, and activities
Games you can play online, interactive tutorials, fun math websites and more. Arranged by topic/level for ease of use.

Lessons
Learn how to TEACH concepts or about general concerns in math education.

Reviews
In-depth reviews of math products

Math help & tutoring
A list of free message boards, math help websites, and online tutoring services.

Fun and games
I have two games on my site, plus links to many.
Game: Choose Math Operation
Word guess game (easy hangman)
Word guess game (difficult)


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Online Math Resources for gifted children

Math Word Problems Made Easy Using Your Computer
Our online homeschool curriculum provides a flexible, student-paced approach that reduces anxiety and makes learning math fun.
  • Web-based, animated lessons feel more like video games
  • Computers have endless patience and promote a can-do attitude
  • Online math lessons present concepts in a non-threatening way
Learn how to conquer math anxiety using an online math curriculum.

For gifted/talented students

Homeschool Math Contests
A comprehensive list of math contests which are open and accessible to individual homeschoolers.
www.HomeschoolMathContests.com

"Problem of the Week" (POWs)
Problem of the week contests are excellent for finding challenging problems and for motivation. There exist several:

MathsChallenge.net
Search for number, geometry, probability etc. word problems and challenges. Includes solutions.
mathschallenge.net

Math League's Homeschool Contests
Challenge your children with the same interesting math contests used in schools. Contests for grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Algebra Course 1, and High School are available in a non-competitive format for the homeschoolers. The goal is to encourage student interest and confidence in mathematics through solving worthwhile problems and build important critical thinking skills. By subscription only.
www.mathleague.com/homeschool.htm

Art of Problem Solving
The Premier website for avid students of mathematics. Includes Art of Problem Solving textbooks, an online school for gifted students including some free math classes, and a free math forum.
www.artofproblemsolving.com

Alcumus
Art of Problem Solving's online learning system. Alcumus offers students a customized learning experience, adjusting to student performance to deliver appropriate problems and lessons. It is specifically designed to provide high-performing students with a challenging curriculum appropriate to their abilities. To sign up you need to join a class; there's an online class set up at Let’s Play Math! open to all interested homeschoolers and self-directed learners.
www.ArtOfProblemsolving.com/Alcumus/Introduction.php

Math Zoom
Math Zoom provides math camps, in-person and online tutoring, and other instruction for students gifted in mathematics, including preparation for mathematics competitions.
www.mathzoom.org

Math Mammoth The Four Operations (with a Touch of Algebra)
A self-teaching worktext for 5th-6th grade that covers simple equations, expressions that involve a variable, the order of operations, long multiplication, long division, and graphing simple linear functions.

Available as an affordable download ($6.00), and also as a printed copy.

=> Learn more and see the free samples!

See more topical Math Mammoth books

AGMath.com
A website for parents, students, and teachers seeking resources for geometry, algebra, competition preparation, and recreational mathematics. Hundreds of algebra, geometry, and puzzle worksheets are available in PDF format, along with hundreds of problem sets from regional, state, and national math competitions like MathCounts and the American Math Competition.
AGmath.com

Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)
EPGY offers a complete sequence of mathematics courses from the kindergarten-level through the advanced undergraduate-level. There is a fee. The courses are online (web-based) and include accelerated courses for elementary level (up through pre-algebra), with a strong emphasis in conceptual geometry and mathematical foundations. The other courses offered are in secondary level, AP level, and university level.
epgy.stanford.edu/courses/math

Unizor
Unizor offers advanced mathematics videos and lectures for teens, while enabling their parents or supervisors to control educational process. Topics covered include algebra, geometry, vectors, trigonometry, and fundamentals of math..
www.unizor.com

Challenge Math For the Elementary and Middle School Student
A book containing 1000 challenging problems at three levels of difficulty, and a special instructional format that teaches how to solve problems. The problems are true stories that tie math and science together ($25, 345 pages).
www.amazon.com

Math Mammoth Ratios, Proportions, and Problem Solving
A self-teaching worktext for 6th-7th grade that covers ratios, proportions, aspect ratio, scaling, and various kinds of problem solving with the help of a bar (block) model.

Available as an affordable download ($4.00), and also as a printed copy.

=> Learn more and see the free samples!

See more topical Math Mammoth books

A Middle School Math Workbook: Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, and Geometry by Qishen Huang
This book contains challenging problems that will help your child gain math skills at an internationally competitive level.
www.amazon.com

A High School Math Workbook: Algebra, Geometry & Precalculus by Qishen Huang
This book contains challenging problems that will help your child gain math skills at an internationally competitive level.
www.amazon.com

Math Circles
Mathematical Circles are a form of education enrichment and outreach. Students meet with mathematical professionals in an informal setting, after school or on weekends, to work on interesting problems or topics in mathematics. The goal is to get the students excited about the mathematics, giving them a setting that encourages them to become passionate about mathematics.
mathcircles.org

eIMACS.com
The Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACS) welcomes you to its online learning facility, dedicated to delivering the highest quality interactive mathematics and computer science curricula to talented middle and high school and undergraduate students.
www.eIMACS.com

Calculus Without Tears
Easy lessons for learning calculus for students from the 4th grade up. Prerequisite is decimal arithmetic. The approach in these lessons is to learn calculus using a simple physical model, a runner running at a constant velocity, and the easy functions that describe it. Once the fundamentals are understood using the simple model, more complex models and functions can be studied (in Vols 2 and 3).
www.berkeleyscience.com

Mathematics, a Human Endeavor: A Textbook for Those Who Think They Don't Like the Subject
Filled with humor and real-life connections, this textbook by Harold Jacobs covers a wide range of mathematical topics, aiming to show students how interesting math can be. Suitable for middle school up, but meant more for high school level.
www.amazon.com

For All Practical Purposes : Mathematical Literacy in Today's World
A math textbook intended for undergraduates of liberal arts; focusing on mathematics relevant to consumers, business, history, and social sciences. You can download for free chapters 16 and 19 of 4th edition.
www.amazon.com

Hooda Math

Free online math games and more - www.mathnook.com

Free math worksheets and practice - Adapted Mind


New! Times Tales is now on DVD!

The fast, FUN, and easy way to learn multiplication. Learn the upper times tales in two sittings using mnemonic stories.
 
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