Myth Busters: Math People

Maybe you have said it.  Maybe you have heard someone else say it.  "I'm just not a math person.," or "I just can't do math.,"  or "I am left-brained, or right-brained, whatever brained it is when you are good at art and not at math!"  

That kind of thinking is still around, believe it or not.  But it really isn't true!  

Watch the show again here.  

When kids say those kinds of statements, it is more likely that they are having a little math anxiety. Math anxiety can lead to less than successful experiences with math, which leads to more anxiety, which affirms the belief that "Some people are math people and some people aren't."  And so on and so on and so on...

But there is help!  This article from the Child Mind Institute is a great place to start.

The National Association for the Education of the Young Child has some great posts with helpful tips for making math fun at home.  

This summer Miss Joyce is doing a weekly show, You + Math = Fun.  Check out the previous episodes here and look for new ones every Tuesday at 10:15am. 

And here are some great books that will help your peanut enjoy math!