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Allison Loves Math Podcast

Feb 28, 2021

In today's Allison Loves Math Podcast interview, I interview Jonily Zupancic, author of Making Mathineers, about how to use stories in our math class to build number sense.
 
Jonily shares with us:
- How stories can be used to better understand and teach math students
- The noteworthy differences between number sense...


Feb 21, 2021

In today's interview, John Lanza, author of The Art of Allowance and creator of The Money Mammals, and I talk about tips to help parents raise money-smart kids.

We discuss: 

  • How to give your child a head-start in understanding money 
  • The importance of teaching kids about spending, sharing, and saving
  • Different ideas...


Feb 14, 2021

In today's episode, I talk with educational therapists, Stephanie Pitts and Rachel Kapp, about how executive function skills affect how a child learns math.

In this episode, we learn: 

  • What executive functioning is and why it's important 
  • The best way to ask your teacher for help when your child needs to do things...


Feb 7, 2021

In this interview, I get to chat with Melissa Dean, math teacher and infamous blogger at Dean of Math, about ways to shake things up in your math class!

In this episode, Melissa shares: 

  • Creative ways to kick off your math class
  • Two simple questions to get kids engaged 
  • Why school and math class must be challenging
  • A...