Danica McKellar is a very accomplished young woman. She is a New York Times bestselling author, an internationally recognized mathematician and a strong advocate of math education. She is a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in Mathematics. She was also an actress on The Wonder Years and The West Wing.
She has written 3 different books that target math for middle school kids:: "Math Doesn't Suck", "Kiss My Math", and "Hot X: Algebra Exposed". These books are targeted towards pre-teen and teen girls, but the information in them can be used by both girls and boys. Just have the boys skip over the "girl" stuff in them.
These books will teach children and their parents in simple and easy to understand terms how to solve equations and formulas that in the past made no sense to them and they just "didn't get it". Danica explains the math using real life examples and makes it fun to learn!
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There are schools that are starting to use her books, but for the most part if your child isn't getting it (and we know from statistics that most of our children aren't) then they will just be left behind. And our country will continue to lag behind the rest of the world in Math and Science.
She may not be able to change the world, but you can change it for your child by purchasing her book. If you can't afford it right now, check out your local library. They should have some copies on hand that you could borrow and see what kind of change they will make in your child's future.
Don't wait for our schools to make the change in the way they teach - that is a long way off and our children need to make it happen for themselves. There is all this talk about how far behind we are in Math and Science, so why not start the change in your own home.
Check out Danica's website at: http://www.danicamckellar.com and you can also become a fan on her Facebook page and get her latest news.
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