Sometimes helping our children learn means being willing to learn something differently ourselves. When I first came across front-end multiplication, I had no clue what it was. I just knew it wasn't how I learned. My memories of multiplication involve timed fact slips, trying to answer quickly, and a lot of pressure around getting the right answer. So when my son's curriculum introduced a strategy that looked different, my first instinct was to go back to what I knew. I paused the curriculum...

Sometimes the most important thing happening during a math lesson has nothing to do with whether your child gets the answer right. A Little Real Talk Before We Start One of the reasons I started homeschooling was because I wasn't satisfied with the depth of what I was seeing. My son could understand something. At least for a little while. We could go through a lesson, practice the problems, and he could get the answers right. Then the lesson was over, the workbook moved on, and everything...

Before we get into the lessons, tips, strategies, and resources... here's a little about why Headway exists. I didn't grow up thinking I'd homeschool my kids. I'm not from a family full of teachers. I don't have a degree in education. I didn't grow up dreaming about curriculum, lesson plans, or figuring out the best way to teach fractions. What I do have is a strong sense of responsibility, a competitive spirit (ask my husband), and a belief that my children are worth the absolute best effort...