Math homework is due tomorrow—how can I help?
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Tips for Parents: Homework Support

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Downloadable resources to help you help your child learn math.

Illuminations

• 103 Online Activities, PreK-12, that help to make math come alive in the classroom or at home
• Hundreds of exemplary online resources, as identified by an editorial panel

Web Bytes: Selected resources from a monthly column in the NCTM News Bulletin.

Elementary and Middle School (K-8)

• Arcademic Skill Builders: Online educational games for learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills. Math games include addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and fraction and ratio games.
• Gamequarium: Interactive mathematics games, virtual manipulatives, online calculators, and graphing tools.
• Harcourt Math Glossary: Interactive math glossary for students in K-6 that provides a searchable database of math terms, accompanied by illustrations and animated examples.
• Mathematics Benchmarks, Grades K–12: Benchmarks for K-12, as well as models of secondary school courses, sample secondary school assessments, and tasks.
• Math123xyz.com: Interactive multimedia math resources, including math lessons, interactive tutorials, learning tools, enrichment, and extra practice. Basic Skills, Pre-Algebra, Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonometry.
• Math Dictionary for Kids: More than 600 interactive mathematical definitions for elementary school students.
• Math Playground: Play logic games, solve word problems, and watch math videos.
• Mathwire.com: Activities, worksheets, and creative ideas for teaching math that are classroom-tested by teachers. Based on NCTM Standards.
• Numbers Made Meaningful: Teacher-tested math stories and games based on the story Trouble with Zero, for PreK through grade 1.
• Rockin’ the Standards: A veteran elementary school teacher and his rock band have taken lyrics from common tunes and changed them to help kids remember the mathematics they’ve been taught in school.
• Soft Schools: Worksheets and games.
• Superkids: Online resource for teachers or parents to create math worksheets on topics including addition, exponents, and telling time.
• Time Monsters: Interactive online lessons and quizzes about time.

High School (9-12)

• Algebra Boot Camp: Downloadable resources, questions, and solutions on various algebra topics.
• Algebra.Help: Worksheets and lessons with step-by-step explanations, as well as calculators and other algebra resources.
• High School Ace: Math tutorials, games, and resources for high school teachers and students.
• Math123xyz.com: Interactive multimedia math resources, including math lessons, interactive tutorials, learning tools, enrichment, and extra practice. Basic Skills, Pre-Algebra, Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonometry.
• Mathwire.com Activities, worksheets, and creative ideas for teaching math that are classroom-tested by teachers. Based on NCTM Standards.
• Math Motivation: Videos and lessons.
• Mathematics Benchmarks, Grades K–12: Benchmarks for K-12, as well as models of secondary school courses, sample secondary school assessments, and tasks.
• Online Math Learning: Lessons, worksheets, and videos for higher-level mathematics, including free SAT testing and GMAT preparation.
• Phat Math, Inc.: Online help with math homework, as well as math blogs and chat rooms.

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