Supplemental Math Resources

Please see below for supplemental, optional resources for students and their families to use at home. Normally, students spend 60 minutes on math each day in the classroom. This time would focus on a mix of review, new skill teaching, and practice.

How to Learn Math for Students is a free online class offered through Professor Jo Boaler, one of our favorite mathematicians at Stanford University. This class offers six 20-minute sessions. Parents will have to enroll on behalf of children under the age of 13.

Cooking and building activities naturally include work with measurement and fractions, as well as building practical hands-on life skills and motor skills. Start with some very easy activities and see how it goes.

Board games and card games are great for working on math skills. I've included directions for some basic card games below. Check and see what other math related board games you might have at home:

• Tiny Polka Dots

• Monopoly

• Ticket to Ride

• Mancala

• Blockus

• Set

Math for Love offers math games by grade level. They also offer an updated version of flashcards called Multiplication By Heart. Families who have tried Multiplication By Heart really liked it as a tool for helping children learn their multiplication facts.

Math-Drills.com offers a seemingly infinite array of free math practice worksheets and support tools like:

• grid paper

• multiplication/division fact tables

• fraction strips and circles

Khan Academy has great fourth grade math curriculum with instructional videos. Students should log into their Clever and Google accounts before trying to log in to Khan Academy. Use your child's ASD credentials to log in to Khan rather than creating a new account.