Looking for Interactive website to Help My Son with Math

[mwieler]

My 10 year old son needs help with his math,especially dividing. Does any know of an interactive website that would help in that area?

[Minou]

I taught grade 6 for six years before moving to work at the high school level, and Ireally think that free printable worksheets would be best for practising long division, unless he's just doing division facts. By ten, though, I'd assume it'd be long division. He just needs to internalize the steps needed in doing long division. One of the best things you could do with him is practise his multiplication facts if those are weak. That would help him to have the automaticity needed to do the estimation required for long division. Drill and practice is the best for learning multiplication facts. Boys tend to love speed drills once they get to know their facts fairly well.

[marstec]

I suggest you work with him on learning math the way it is being taught to him in school, ie using his text books and workbook examples. You would be surprised just how much math programs have changed over the years. There is much greater emphasis on problem solving, how to get to the solution in a number of different ways. I know that division is taught differently than when I was a child. It might be confusing for him to learn one way at home (or on the internet), and a different way at school.

[Minou]

Just Google "Free math worksheets". There tend to be a lot of resources online that are used by teachers and homeschooling parents.

[mwieler]

I forgot to mention, I am temporarily home schooling,untill we move back home in the spring. Well I Googled and found this site, I really like it, www.kidsnumbers.com . It got the problem solved that he was having and I know I will continue to use it for him and his brother.

[wendyabigail]

me and my daughter love ixl.com and brainpop.com, try them out, they're so much fun