DianaE2025-11-07T20:15:39+11:00Posted in Primary School Learning
For students in the primary grades, learning how to deal with numbers in their original form can be challenging enough. When you introduce standard, expanded, and word form, they may feel overwhelmed and under-enthused. They may get confused with the difference between expanded and word form, or may ..
DianaE2025-11-06T06:48:52+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
Legos: The Building Blocks of MathBelieve it or not, having a bunch of Legos all over the floor can help your younger child develop important math skills. These colorful building blocks can boost your child’s confidence in math at an early age. Here are ..
DianaE2025-11-04T21:56:27+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning
Battleship Sunk! – Using The Game of Battleship To Practice GraphingStudents will be so excited to challenge each other in a new version of the famous game of Battleship that they won’t even realize they are learning! 🎯Battleship is a game based on coordinates. ..
DianaE2025-11-08T00:14:22+11:00Posted in All Categories, Concentration & Focus, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
Personalized Motivation: Using Interests to Keep Students EngagedSarah knew a few very important facts about Andrew before they ever sat down for their first tutoring session. She knew, based on the phone call with Andrew’s mom, that he liked *Star Wars*, the color *green*, and that *zebras* are ..
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 ..
Gene2025-11-06T20:59:25+11:00Posted in All About Exams, All Categories, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
What is NAPLAN?There has been a lot of emphasis on NAPLAN since its introduction in 2008. NAPLAN, the National Assessment Program on Literacy and Numeracy, is a nationwide standardised test for students in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 across Australia. The NAPLAN testing aims to assess the ..
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 ..
Gene2025-11-04T22:57:56+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning
🔍 Struggling with Mental MathI am having a little difficulty teaching my student mental math and adding strategies. She still counts on her fingers. She cannot add 9 and 4, she would have to count on her fingers. Last lesson I politely banned her from using her fingers ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:04:40+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
I can never manage to stop my student in year 6 from talking about her friends and experiences with math. Is there a way I can politely tell her to stop talking and listen? Interesting situation. It is great that you have a strong enough relationship ..
