How To Help Your Child With Algebra

Gain the tools you need to help your child be successful in their Algebra course, even if you're "not a math person"!

What you'll learn
Develop a positive attitude about algebra and math
Know tips and tricks for helping your child be less intimidated by their math homework
Understand how to simplify algebraic expressions
Understand the basics of solving algebraic equations
Understand how to graph points, lines, and functions on a coordinate plane
Requirements
Ideally, you should have taken algebra when you were in school yourself. However, you don't have to remember everything you learned back then!
This course will give a brief overview of key topics in algebra to help you remember enough to help your child as they take their own algebra course.
Description
Is the thought of your child taking Algebra and needing your help giving you unpleasant flashbacks to your own high school experience? Does the thought of having to help them "solve for X" make you want to run away screaming and hide under your bed? If so, you’re in the right place!This class will equip you with the tools you need to be a helpful partner for your child as they learn algebra. Even if it’s been thirty years since you’ve had to use an equation, you can do this!We’ll start off building a confident mindset, breaking down some common incorrect beliefs about algebra and math in general.Next, I’ll teach you some tools and techniques that you can use to help your child approach their toughest math problems with confidence instead of fear - even if you don’t remember how to do those problems yourself.Finally, I’ll teach you some of the most important algebra skills that you may have forgotten over the years. Don’t worry, you don’t have to re-do everything from your high school Algebra course - this is just an overview of some key ideas! These key skills will give you enough of a foundation that you can help your child know how to start a problem and what direction to go.

Overview

Section 1: Mindset

Lecture 1 Introduction and Mindset

Section 2: General Tips and Teaching Tools

Lecture 2 General Tips and Teaching Tools

Section 3: Simplifying

Lecture 3 Simplifying

Section 4: Solving

Lecture 4 Solving

Lecture 5 Solving (part 2)

Lecture 6 Solving (part 3)

Section 5: Graphing

Lecture 7 Graphing (Part 1)

Lecture 8 Graphing (part 2)

Lecture 9 Graphing (part 3)

Parents of middle/high school students who want to help their child succeed in Algebra class