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are Primes Workshops? In each 2-hour workshop, parents and kids do a fun or useful activity and then learn how mathematics was used to get the job done. Then the host leads a discussion and shows a video, connecting workshop activities to middle school mathematics. Finally, everyone leaves with activities to do at home. |
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| Workshop
Goals Primes workshops help parents change the way they think, feel and act about math. They demonstrate connections between school mathematics and everyday life problem solving. Parents learn how to build on their everyday thinking skills to help their children really understand math and succeed in school. |
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| Helping
parents understand current teaching Many math classrooms across the country are changing; they are more exciting, more inclusive, more oriented toward really understanding math. Primes workshops provide a foundation for parents to understand these changes in their children's school math. |
Try
an online sample activity
from the Food Label workshop |