School closures due to coronavirus have put parents in the challenging position of home-schooling their children say experts Associate Professor Tina Rake, and graduate student Cristina De Simone at York University’s Faculty of Education. Rapke and De Simone give parents expert tips on teaching their kids math during COVID-19 in an article for The Conversation.
“If you want to support math learning at home based on math research: talk with your child, see learning as a partnership and make sure to celebrate their ideas. Your child may teach you something new.”