Sep05
Javier Arroyo, co-founder of Smartick spoke on Expresso, a national breakfast show in South Africa, about the recent concern over the standard of mathematics in South African schools and the importance that parents attach to getting involved in their children’s progress. Presenter Leigh-Anne Williams asked why an online method for learning maths, created in Spain, and […]
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In this post, we are going to learn to solve one of the situations in which we could encounter fractions with an unknown variable. First, you should review what equivalent fractions are in some of our previous posts: Concept of equivalent fractions Examples of equivalent fractions We could encounter a mathematic expression with an unknown […]
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Today we’re going to meet Melanie. She’s a homeschooling mom living in South Africa with her family of four. She wants to see her daughters enjoying Maths, so she recently decided to try out Smartick. Melanie starts her post by confessing that Maths is not her favourite subject, so she doesn’t feel 100% confident when teaching […]
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SAfm is a national radio station that has more than 175,000 daily listeners and 100,000 followers on social networks. Naledi Moleo’s show focuses on addressing issues that are of interest to South African youth, which led to them achieving the MTN Radio Award for best PBS Weekend Show in 2013. One of the co-founders of […]
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Do you know how to solve a subtraction problem with regrouping? Do you know how regrouping is done and why? Today we are going to review how to subtract by regrouping and understand why it is done this way. So that we can picture it better, we are going to do a subtraction with regrouping […]
Continue reading »Aug31
The co-founder of Smartick, Javier Arroyo, was a guest on PowerTalk, a radio show on the station PowerFM, presented by Iman Rapetti, to explain the key factors that make Smartick a unique method for learning maths. Arroyo explained that the method is based around daily 15 minute sessions that enhance the mathematical ability of children, […]
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In today’s entry, we’re going to talk about length, width, and height as tools to find the dimensions of an object. Length is a linear measurement, which means we can only use it to measure the distance separating two points. In this case, we’ve measured the length between the tip of the cockpit and the back […]
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Virginia is the mom and blogger behind That Bald Chick, where she shares stories about her family, homeschooling, crafts, recipes, and much more. In her most recent post she writes about Smartick; she tells us how she never enjoyed math as a student, and how our learning method has changed the game for her whole family.“I […]
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In today’s post, we’re going to learn how to multiply numbers that are followed by zeros. You could go about multiplying them like any other number, but we have a trick to teach you, and it’s easy to learn! The most important thing when you learn a trick is to remember why is works the […]
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Simple Homeschool wants to help parents in their homeschooling journey. Deciding to homeschool is not the answer to every educational problem, but it does allow families who pursue it to be intentional: to focus on each child’s strengths, to address weaknesses, and to nurture family relationships. In their opinion, these families realize that the goal […]
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Today, we’re going to learn about inverse proportionality between magnitudes. To start off, we need to remind ourselves that a magnitude is anything that can be measured. If this doesn’t ring a bell, look over our previous post where we talk about direct proportionality and explain the concept of magnitude: Direct Proportionality Lots of magnitudes […]
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Finding a math program that works for your kids can be challenging. That’s why we are so thrilled when we hear from families who see Smartick as a solution. Chantel from Intentional Homeschooling tells us the story of how her daughter went from crying over math to actually asking to practice daily on our program! “Smartick is […]
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