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Struggling with Math ~ Episode 519
Does your child struggle with math? How do you engage your children in a way that will not only keep their attention but allow for real learning to take place? My special guests are Sarah-Anne Fernandes and Trevor Dixon. Sarah-Anne is a leading UK Primary Maths Consultant who has worked with several schools across the UK to improve maths teaching and learning. Trevor Dixon is a Maths Assessment expert and has been part of the UK’s national assessment marking process for pupils aged 10 and 11 for a number of years. Special discount code provided.
The topics we covered:
1. Why is teaching math so difficult for parents?
2. How can you engage your child to have an interest in math?
Struggling Teaching Math – Try this:
1. Spiral curriculum approach with spaced repetition.
2. The ability for the student to review with spaced intervals so the learning is retained and fully mastered. This increases maths confidence develops students’ ability to tackle a wide range of problems, and ultimately boosts students’ grades.
SMASH Math (www.smashmaths.org) offers online math Practices for children aged 5-11.
The company was founded in 2020 by Sarah-Anne Fernandes and Trevor Dixon. Both Sarah-Anne and Trevor are qualified teachers in the UK with a specialism in Primary Mathematics. In the interview, I learned that both Sarah-Anne and Trevor are math specialists (or “maths,” as they say in the UK!) Sarah-Anne is a leading UK Primary Maths Consultant who has worked with schools across the UK to improve maths teaching and learning.
Trevor Dixon is a Maths Assessment expert who has been part of the UK’s national assessment marking process for pupils aged 10 and 11 for several years. Together, Sarah-Anne and Trevor have written a range of pupil study books, revision guides, and maths practice tests for a number of educational publishers. Which makes SMASH Maths
SMASH Maths provides 2 online math Practices every week for children.
Each Practice contains at least 10 bespoke questions, so that means 20+ questions a week. The program is available for pupils in Kindergarten to Grade 6. The cost is $7.50 per month.
Use CODE: FELICE to receive your discount. Visit SMASHMATHS.org/homeschooling
Find out more here: https://www.smashmaths.
SMASH Maths provides:
- A set weekly Spiral Curriculum means that there is no need for parents to choose topics every week. We do all this for you, making sure children regularly cover the whole breadth of the maths curriculum every week.
- When the Practices are completed, a PDF report is automatically emailed to the parent. Parents also have an Analytics tool to monitor the progress of their child compared to their cohort.
- All of our questions have expert video feedback which explains exactly how to answer the question for maximum marks. It’s like having a teacher right beside you!
SMASH Maths is an award-winning product, winning a Highly Commended recognition from Teach Primary (https://www.teachwire.net/
🧮 This episode is proudly sponsored by CTCMath — an online math program that helps homeschool families build confidence and mastery, one lesson at a time.
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