For students, some of the trickiest adjustments to distance learning has been mathematics. Now that the dust has settled and we are looking ahead, are your kids math-ready for the fall? What will your kids be doing this summer? Create a plan now and your students will have a productive 8 weeks that sets them up for success in school.

I won’t be the 900th person to announce that meditation is good for us and we all should really be doing it. Let’s keep our to-do lists very short right now, please. But if you want to meditate, or have tried and given up before, maybe these thoughts from my experiences meditating can help. 

Math is often a lightening rod for anxiety.  As a math teacher and tutor, I can’t count the number of times a day I hear students (and parents!) tell me, “I’m not a math person!” with either a nervous laugh or serious panic.  Meanwhile, our shelter-at-home means that students may not have as much instant access to their math teachers. But parents: there are ways that you CAN help, and you don’t have to end up in a screaming match with your child that leaves them feeling helpless and you feeling inadequate.

Surfeit: an overabundant supply, or an excess.

Carol Dweck researches a “growth mindset” the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field.