If I told you math had a third language - Pictures ...

would you a) weep, b) brace yourself or c) jump for joy?

Help your child with math w/o knowing the math.

Hey Math Parents,

If I told you math had a third language, would you a) weep, b) brace yourself or c) jump for joy? Choose c) jump for joy!!! Think pictures.

The third and last language of math? Pictures! Yup, a visual, image, diagram, maps, plots, drawings.

And more than the Word or Symbol, it is the ‘Picture’ that is the saving grace for students. It brings the math alive. How?

1) Many students are visual learners!
2) Pictures are relatable, closer to real life.
3) A Picture makes more sense, and 4) ‘Makes sense’ is a key part in remembering math.
5) Visuals make math easier.
6) And when you recognize that the Picture takes the math Words and Symbols and their meanings and wraps it up into a nice, neat package (i.e. shortens it into one visual), that proverbial ‘picture is worth a thousand words’ comes home to math. The Picture literally replaces a ton of math.

That’s six benefits of doing math visually, oh, and here’s another two: