Resources to Help Your Child With Math

Hotmath.com
http://www.hotmath.com/
This site shows step-by-step explanations for the College Prep Math homework, involving algebra 1-2, geometry, algebra 3-4, and more.

Algebra! Help!
http://www.algebrahelp.com/
Trying to remember how to solve an equation by factoring or completing the square, simplifying expressions, graphing equations? This site, "algebra.help," clearly explains many of the skills students must use in Algebra 1 and even Algebra 2. It provides tutoring, interactive practice, and calulators for solving equations. It is simple and clear and well organized. You or your child should find it very useful for learning, reviewing, or remembering many algebra skills.

At Home With Math
http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/
This is a free English/Spanish web resource that offers activities that help parents of elementary-aged children do math with their children. The ten everyday math activities build math into the things most families already do--ordinary routines such as figuring out ways to save money, to share fairly, or to get somewhere on time. With these activities, children practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and using other important math skills while doing tasks that are a regular part of life.

Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics (PDF)
Follow the link above to downloadsome ideas on how to support your child's mathematical thinking and make math fun!

Helping Your Child With Math Homework
Confused about how to help your child with math homework? Read "What To Do When Your Child Asks for Help with Math Homework" Hopefully your child has been bringing math homework home every night. Parents often ask how they can help children with homework, especially when it looks different from work sheets they are familiar with or when the math starts to get more complicated. If you are good at math, be careful not to take over the homework. Read the rest of the article by clicking on the title.

U.S. Department of Education's Helping Your Children Series Adds Math and Science
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html
The U.S. Department of Education has added publications on science and mathematics to its Helping Your Child Series for parents. Both Helping Your Child Learn Science and Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics are downloadable as pdf documents. Both have suggestions for activities to do at home as well as advice on what parents should look for in their schools' science and math programs.