Parent and Family Support

Math Resources for Parents & Families

Looking for ways you can support your child's math learning at home? Explore our collection of videos and resources full of ideas you can use to make math learning a part of your daily lives. 

Supporting Math Learning at Home Playlist

Watch videos about supporting a growth mindset, helping your child with their math homework, and inspiring your student to love math. 

Click the icon with three lines in the right corner of the video to see the list of all videos in the playlist. 

Helping Your Child with Math Homework

Printable handouts with tips and strategies to help you support your child with math homework. Available in both English and Spanish. 

Support-with-Math-Homework.pdf

Homework: A Helpful Overview

Support-with-Math-Homework-Spanish.pdf

La tarea escolar: Un resumen útil

CRA-Parent-Handout-508.pdf

Understanding Your Childʼs Math Homework: Concrete-Representational-Abstract

CRA-Parent-Handout-Sp-508.pdf

Comprender la tarea de matemáticas de su hijo: Concreto-Representativo-Abstracto

Parent & Family Resources by Grade Level

Connecting with Your Child's Learning at School

A Family’s Guide to Understanding Student Assessment 

This guide was made to help families understand how assessment can support student learning. You will find information about different types of assessment your student might engage in and how each can help your student meet learning goals. This guide includes questions that you can ask your student and their teacher to help you support learning at home.

Watch: Improving Instruction: Understanding English Learner Accommodations for Parents

Building Successful Communication Between Parent or Guardian and Teacher

These guides feature tips and strategies for communicating with your child's teachers and building a relationship with your child's school. Guides are available in Spanish, Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese. 

Watch: MTSS & Screening for Families

MTSS & Screening for Families

This video from MTSS BRIDGE-RI introduces a Multi-Tiered System of Supports and provides an explanation for why we screen all students as part of an MTSS system. 

Watch: A Family's Guide to a Screening Report

A Family's Guide to a Screening Report

This video from MTSS BRIDGE-RI introduces families to looking at their child's screening report using STAR Reading and Math as an example.