Early Childhood Archives - ORIGO Education

3 Steps to Stop the Summer Slide

As you begin to wind down the school year, we want to celebrate everything you’ve done to prepare your students for success next year. Thanks to your hard work and theirs, your students have mastered another year of math learning. And you may also be thinking about the summer slide when kids lose academic skills […]

4 Ways to Help Students (especially Girls) Develop a Positive Math Identity

It’s important that every student believe they are good at math, and perhaps even more important for girls who still, all too frequently, hear the message that boys are naturally better at math than girls. And research shows that this just isn’t true. Nationally, girls score within three points of, boys on 4th-grade standardized math […]

Let’s Bring Back the Joy of Math!

Students love learning math. They enjoy being introduced to new ideas using stories they can connect to and exploring those concepts with fun activities involving physical actions and hands-on material. And by collaborating and talking about with others. Watch the video below and discover how to strengthen math concepts in your next lesson.

4 Steps to Teach an Enjoyable Math Lesson

Discover how every ORIGO Stepping Stones lesson is organized to help your students develop a deeper understanding of math concepts in a meaningful and enjoyable way! Watch the video below. Want more? Sign up for a FREE Stepping Stones trial today! CLICK HERE. ORIGO Stepping Stones gives you the flexibility of using either the printed […]

How can you best develop fluency of math skills for your students?

At ORIGO we use a four-stage approach to help students develop fluency of skills over time. First, we Introduce the skill using concrete and pictorial models. The skill is then Reinforced with games and activities to help students internalize the thinking. In the third stage, the students begin to Practice the skills with symbols to develop […]

But My Kids Can’t

We all want our students to develop their mathematical abilities. We have repeatedly heard how well-developed problem-solving skills and mathematical thinking can positively influence students’ future careers. However, the only way students will improve their mathematics abilities is if we give them a chance to struggle along the way. I recently had a chance to […]

Is your classroom benefiting from conceptual learning?

ORIGO Education’s conceptual approach to mathematics brings visual models and language into every Pre-K through Grade 6 lesson we do. We start with building a deeper understanding of the concepts underlying abstract symbols. This provides your students with the confidence and ability to apply mathematics in new and unfamiliar situations. Watch the video below and […]

Embracing the Technology that Empowers Teachers

Technology should empower, rather than replace, educators At ORIGO Education, it goes without saying that we are always looking for new ways to improve the learning outcomes for students. By natural extension, this involves researching new technologies and the latest and greatest emerging teaching techniques. When we think about modern EdTech we are really thinking […]

Teaching mathematics conceptually just makes sense!

ORIGO Education was founded in 1995 on the premise that mathematics should be taught conceptually. But what does teaching conceptually mean, and why should math be taught that way? In elementary school, mathematics has always relied heavily on students remembering procedures and rules, with the occasional trick to help them calculate correct answers. With this […]

Better math = better lives. It’s that simple.

Rethinking math achievement by means of public perception, not public policy. I recently read an article entitled, “9 Years Into Obama’s Common Core – Math Scores at a 20 Year Low and Falling,” which highlighted many of the concerns surrounding Common Core State Standards (CCSS). What most people agree on is that the CCSS has […]