Additional resources for math learning and math support

Every parent wants their child to feel confident with their math learning. While most adults may see the value of math in our everyday lives, some may also overlook the struggles and anxiety that come with learning it for the first time.

When children struggle with math, parents may find it challenging to offer the support their child needs with their math curriculum. However, this does not mean your child is not good at math or won’t be able to build their math skills.

Parents have access to many additional resources and support for math learning to help their children with their international school math course material. Below you will find different resources and methods of support that you can incorporate into your child's routine to help them improve their overall math learning.

You can learn more about how Concordia teachers approach math teaching here.

1. Online resources

Parents will find an abundance of resources online to help their children with their math learning. Online resources offer a combination of games, lessons and activities to boost engagement and math learning. Here are some of the online resources that we recommend.

1. IXL 

An adaptive K12 platform, IXL offers users the tools to improve their math learning by combining a math curriculum, continuous diagnostic, individual guidance, and real-time analytics.

2. Prodigy Math

This website features an online game where children can create wizard characters. Through these characters, children have to earn stars and prizes through “math battles”, finding treasure, and completing a variety of non-math challenges that come up during the game.

3. Brilliant

This website replaces math lessons and lecture videos with hands-on, interactive problem solving that can be a fun way for your child to learn math.

4. ABCYa

This website boasts various colorful games and activities that engage your child and help them improve their math skills.

5. Khan Academy

This website presents many interactive videos and practice exercises that your child can learn at a comfortable pace. The activities range in difficulty levels for your child to complete independently.

You can learn more about the expected learning outcomes from Concordia’s math program here.

2. Math games and activities

Another valuable way of supporting your children with their math learning is introducing them to math games and activities that can be played at home. 

These math games and activities could include board games such as Fractions, Decimals, Percents Bingo or Money Bags. Depending on the child's age or math learning needs, there are many board games available in the market which can encourage your child to develop flexible thinking skills. 

Parents can find many online resources that offer ideas and insights on building or preparing games at home to encourage math learning, such as Math Hopscotch, Fractions with a pizza, etc.

Integrating math learning into games and activities can change how your child approaches the subject by teaching them to visualize and apply mathematical logic, while further developing their logical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Are you looking for ways to help your child with their math homework? We discuss 3 ways you can use to help your child with their math learning program here.

3. Integrate math into daily life or other subjects

When it comes to learning math, it helps when students can see how important math will be in their daily lives. Parents can try inspiring math learning by integrating math into their daily lives at home.

Some examples of integrating math learning into daily home activities include cooking or baking together, timing house chores, counting sweets in a jar, and playing imaginative games involving a cafe or shop that uses money. 

Highlighting math learning in your daily interactions can also help children tackle their math anxiety as they become more comfortable learning the subject with their parents.

While math has often been taught in isolation, it can also be learned through other subjects such as physical education, art, coding, and more. For example, using arts and crafts, children can build 3D objects to gain a better understanding of Geometry concepts.

These additional resources can significantly benefit your child's perception of math and your approach to supporting them.