This month's tidbits Archived Columns Articles Dear Madeleine . The fall and winter holidays are thrilling for kids, and busy for parents.
Kids love to be involved in the planning and the doing.
Parents can enlist their help, and in the process, use the holidays as a great opportunity to build some math competencies along the way. When generations gather, we have a great chance to let our children explore the idea of number, and build an inner sense of the arithmetic operations they've been learning in school. Grandma Gloria is 68. Rather than show your children how to set up these problems, let them explore and find their own way. Offer help if they need it, but you can take a relaxed approach at home.