Gene2025-11-07T19:45:13+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
Effective Ways to Teach Arithmetic to Young StudentsChildren can learn to count, add, subtract, divide, and multiply even before they can read. This is because arithmetic can be taught at a young age in ways that make sense and are fun. Younger students may not always be intrigued ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T06:31:29+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning
Effective Tutoring Techniques for Primary and High School StudentsTutoring is an incredibly rewarding experience, especially when we help students overcome challenges using our teaching skills. However, the problems faced by students in primary school versus high school are very different, and this requires tutors to adjust their techniques ..
Gene2025-11-07T23:48:57+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning
How to help a child to remember their times-tablesThere are a lot of methods you could use to tutor students to memorise multiplication. Students may find it more enjoyable to use games or to race against the clock 🕒. You can find dozens of tricks and tips ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T21:48:55+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Confidence
One Student’s ExperienceOne of my students becomes extremely nervous when asked questions during the lesson, even simple ones like "What's 5 X 6?" She becomes a little tense and shaky, and makes very very silly mistakes even though she knows the answer. I've tried to be more encouraging ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T20:40:44+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Structuring Lessons
My student isn't challenging herself and is lacking the motivation to do so. Right now, I'm just trying to work on harder problems with her to show that she is capable of tackling much more difficult questions. Are there any textbooks at a Year 8 level that you ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:47:38+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Problem Solving & Independence
I have one student who is having trouble concentrating. I try my best to keep him focused but he is just so disinterested that I am finding it difficult to get him to focus. Silly questions like what is 7+6 he will say 10, and asking him to ..
EzyMath2025-11-04T21:41:20+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Primary School Learning
Keeping Students Engaged in TutoringI’m finding it hard to keep one of my primary students interested during tutoring. Her attention span is short, so even fun methods previously used are getting boring. Currently we are learning division – are there any fun games for this as I am ..
