The Huffington Post – Byron Garrett
“My colleagues who work in education policy spend a lot of time thinking about how we can create children ready and able to compete in the global workforce. One of the best ways we can do this is to focus energy into ensuring our children receive a full education in math. As I’ve said before, a solid basis of education is the best way we can make and keep America great in the future, so I wanted to give some tips I’ve curated about how we can create the “mathletes” of the future…Comfort with math is a great asset for any child, so we have to do our best to ensure that math isn’t overlooked in the lives of the young people in your family. Don’t hesitate to think about ways you can bring counting, sequencing and awareness of size, space and volume into your lives.”(more)