This week, mathematician and mom Amy Gonzalez shares ways to explore the math concept of rates of change. From spooky commutes to candy distribution, you can empower your kids to find the math in everything Halloween-related. Click the link to learn how to find math in your own fall fun 🎃🍬🦇

When educator and mom Amy Gonzalez was a child, she devoured stories where heroes sailed on pirate ships or rode in giant peaches. Real-life methods of travel may not feel as epic, but you can still make your daily commute exciting for your kids with a little imagination—and a little math, too.

Teaching kids about money doesn't have to be complicated. Even everyday errands can turn into fun math lessons! From scanning groceries at the self-checkout to playing shop, you can help your little ones build essential financial literacy skills in no time.

Baking together with your kid is a great way to teach life skills, but it’s also a very practical application of mathematics. This week, SUMM educator Amy Gonzalez gives tips to teach fractions and units through baking delicious recipes!

Struggling to make estimation fun and easy for your kid? In this week’s Math Chat, SUMM educator and mom Amy Gonzalez discusses simple, playful methods to boost spatial reasoning and comparison skills.

Remember those word problems in math class about buying hundreds of watermelons? Or guessing the number of jellybeans in the giant glass jar? They’re all part of your number sense. In this week’s Talking Math, SUMM educator Amy Gonzalez shares ways to build your kid’s number sense skills in their everyday life.

While reading your kid(s) a bedtime story, why not mix in some conversations about math? In this week’s Talking Math, SUMM educator and parent Amy Gonzalez shows easy ways to find and highlight the math concepts in the stories you’re already reading.

As adults, we subconsciously engage in mathematical thinking every day. How do we teach those learned skills to our children? And how do we do it without projecting our own feelings about math?

This week, SUMM educator and math teacher Amy Gonzalez provides a look into ways adults can help the children in their lives learn the skills we take for granted.