Number Sense Blog

If your kids seem cranky or distracted when doing homework, think about their sleep habits. Just as their bodies need sleep to be healthy, their...

Do you play an instrument or a sport? How long to you spend practicing each week? Any skill is like a muscle, and should be exercised...

What are two staples of the holiday season? Why, snow and cookies, of course! With the Mathnasium December math activities your family can have...

What’s your favorite dessert? Is it cookies? Chocolate? It’s the holiday season, which means time for cooking and food...and math!

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...

These are the first few numbers of the Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers named after Italian...

Are you visiting family or friends over the Thanksgiving holiday? If so, your travel plans may be the perfect opportunity to practice your math...

Student loan debt is an overwhelming reality for students and parents of all backgrounds. 

What do dogs do when life gets ruff? They go to the dog park, of course! And what do math students do when life gets rough? They call on...

Canaan Smith had a really big dream.

(Image of child reading by Tim Pierce)

Do you love reading? We do! In fact, sometimes we use math as part of our reading. This week’s word problem...