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Both of my children struggled quite a bit with math for the better part of last year.  We tried asking their teachers for extra worksheets, but of course it was a struggle to get them to do extra homework.  We searched online for fun ways to learn and practice math concepts and didn’t have much luck until we came across IXL.

IXL is a website that teaches math concepts from kindergarten to grade 8.  It is very thorough, and has helped our kids a great deal.  We had them start right at the beginning to reinforce all of they math concepts they need to be successful in their current grades.  It can take quite a while to work through an entire grade, so if there was something they found really easy, we let them do a couple and move on.

We have them do 30 minute on the website each day before they do anything else on the computer.  They don’t seem to dislike it nearly as much as they would dislike working on math worksheets or learning from textbooks.

It creates reports for parents so we can see what they have been learning and how they are doing.  It also helps keep the children motivated by giving them awards and fun things for completing certain tasks.

If your children are struggling with math, I would highly recommend at least checking it out.  You can visit the site at ixl.com.

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