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Kids Who Love Math

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Exploring how to raise (and help) kids who love math. The newsletter focuses on a parent/guardians' desire to support their child's passion for mathematics while providing them with practical, innovative methods. Click to read Kids Who Love Math, by Sebastian Gutierrez, a Substack publication with t

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69 from 28 Apr 2023 to 23 Oct 2026
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2026 6

  1. Why I like the word “exercise” when we learn math
  2. When your kid starts explaining the math to you
  3. How Many Times Should a “Math-y Kid” See a Math Idea Before They Understand It?
  4. Advanced Math for Kids: Geometry and Algebra Are Secretly the Same
  5. Advanced Math for Kids: Numbers and Functions Follow The Same Rules
  6. Making Your Own Examples Is One of the Most Powerful Math Skills

2025 26

  1. What to Do When They Forget Something They “Knew”
  2. How Math Textbooks Are Written (and How to Choose One)
  3. Mathematical Maturity in Elementary School
  4. When to Do Math (and How We Finally Figured It Out)
  5. Before You Buy a Math Book: How to Choose the Right One for Your Kid
  6. Asynchronous Development in Math Kids
  7. Math Without Numbers (With Big Ideas)
  8. Talking to Your Child’s Teacher About Math Acceleration: A Parent’s Guide
  9. Math Resource - "Hard Math for Elementary School"
  10. Measuring success when doing Math
  11. Math Resource: The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) at the University of Waterloo
  12. Math Moments: Amie Wilkinson
  13. Math Reflections: Math as a Gatekeeper & Writing as Thinking
  14. Math Resource: All Ten — A Visual Math Game (from Beast Academy)
  15. Math Moments: Blaise Pascal
  16. I’ve missed you. Let’s catch up (and do some math).
  17. Three Types of Math Acceleration
  18. They are meeting grade-level expectations
  19. Just because you like math doesn’t mean you have to make math your career
  20. Math Machine
  21. 2025-04-30 Virtual Office Hours
  22. Math Moment: Karen Uhlenbeck
  23. Math Kid Identity Considered Harmful
  24. Copy already solved math problem solutions
  25. Figuring out why you can't solve a math problem
  26. Do Math, Touch Grass, Repeat

2024 25

  1. Make Math Obvious
  2. We do Math because it's hard
  3. Mathematical Adventures Await Us
  4. It's hard to stop Math Acceleration once you start
  5. Math Resource - Millennium Mathematics Project
  6. What math teachers tell other math teachers
  7. What if my kid doesn't like math competitions
  8. Answering the right question
  9. 500 subscribers and next steps
  10. Math Kids, Metagaming, and Self-Coaching
  11. Make every math homework a test
  12. Elementary Schoolers are taking Algebra I
  13. Mailbag: When/how did you get started?
  14. Math Encounters Videos from the National Museum of Mathematics
  15. We are the ones we have been waiting for
  16. Ritualizing The Study of Math
  17. Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Chapter 1 Notes
  18. Math as a habit
  19. Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child's True Potential (introduction)
  20. Negative times Negative: A Deep Dive into Understanding It
  21. Using Language Learning Methods to Learn Math, Introduction
  22. Announcing Mailbox Mondays
  23. U.S. Department of Education recommendations on teaching math to young children
  24. Math Mastery - How good is good enough for a math kid
  25. Counting In Binary On Your Hands

2023 12

  1. Dr. Zuming Feng, former International Math Olympiad coach, shares his thoughts on parenting math kids
  2. What to do when you run out of math for your kid
  3. Inventing Mathematics as a Kid
  4. Learning to write math is part of learning math
  5. What's on your mind?
  6. Math for kids outside of the Calculus Sequence
  7. How fast should you accelerate your kid in math?
  8. Talking about Math Acceleration is hard
  9. Double checking a math problem as a game
  10. Helping a kid who made a math mistake
  11. The human relationships of a kid who loves math
  12. Kids who love math