Mar28
At Smartick we love languages! Which is why you can complete exercises and tutorials, practice skills with the games in SmartickBrain, and much more in two languages: English and Spanish. English is the official language of approximately 67 countries, and Spanish is spoken in about 20. These languages all differ in pronunciation, spelling, and even […]
Continue reading »Mar26
Have you ever wondered what the temperature is at the top of the highest mountains in Alaska. Or how hot it is in the middle of the Sahara desert? How can we measure these temperatures? Do you think every country measures them the same way? Temperature can be expressed using a temperature scale, which allows us to […]
Continue reading »Mar23
We are thrilled to introduce you to a very international Smartick family. Claire is a South African native living in Paris with her British husband and children. She is as a full-time mom and co-creator of the blog Our Mummy Life where she discusses her son, Eli’s, Smartick experience. Eli is a 4.5-year-old Smartick […]
Continue reading »Mar21
“My kids with Special Needs need to work at their own pace. And this is why Smartick Method works.” Kids with special needs often demand to learn at their own pace. And this is one of the reasons Charlotte decided to homeschool. Her family gave traditional school a fair try but, for various reasons, they decided […]
Continue reading »Mar19
In today’s post we’re going to talk about some of the properties found in powers. But first it’ll be useful to review the concept of a power, its elements, and how to use it. You can find all this in another Smartick blog post. Once you’ve finished recapping, we can carry on. Powers with an exponent […]
Continue reading »Mar16
Ashley and her family live in Nova Scotia, Canada, from where she shares her adventures in homeschooling with her three children. They are secular homeschoolers and new to it, with only 2 years under their belt. So they thought it was an excellent idea to share their journey with others on Ashley’s blog, Forgetful Momma. She admits math […]
Continue reading »Mar14
Monica is the mother of two Smartick children, Aaron and Conor. She lives in London and is passionate about maths. In fact, she’s currently studying for a maths degree while working and looking after her children. And she’s also one of those mothers that’s constantly aware of the need for her children to complete their […]
Continue reading »Mar12
In a previous post, we looked at the Least Common Multiple and how to calculate it. Today we’re going to look at a couple of examples in which we use the Least Common Multiple (LCM) to solve math problems. In one example, we’ll use the LCM to calculate the answer directly, and in the other we’ll […]
Continue reading »Mar09
“Mom, can I do my math now?” These are the words Dani hears her sweet 5 year old say every day since she started working with the Smartick Method. Yes, every day including weekends, and sometimes even twice a day! So sweet! She’s a stay-at-home mom of 3 girls and owner of the blog Live, Love, Learn Gracefully. Before […]
Continue reading »Mar08
After a little more than a year of writing about elementary school math, we are proud to be awarded as one of the Top 20 Elementary School Math Blogs by Feedspot, the content reader for reading all your favorite blogs and news websites in one place. Smartick was chosen as one of the best elementary school […]
Continue reading »Mar06
We have to thank Alyson for talking to us about her Smartick experience. Being an online method, we always like to know about our Smartick families around the globe. We thank her for explaining how well Smartick works for her son: “[Westley] is progressing along magnificently, teaching him at a rate and comprehension level I […]
Continue reading »Mar05
We’ve written plenty about fractions in this blog. Recently, one of our readers asked us to explain the content of this post on classification of fractions in more detail. His comment was: “I’m sorry but I don’t understand improper fractions… I think it’s impossible to have 11 parts of something that’s divided into 8”. When we learn and […]
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