A new survey from PBS KIDS of 1,000 parents found that those with older children are more likely to practice math skills daily with their kids than parents of younger children: 60 percent of parents of 5-8-year-olds practice math daily with their kids, whereas only half of parents of 2-4-year-olds do. Parents are also more likely to practice reading skills with their kids than they are to practice math. This may be in part due to parents’ lower comfort levels with teaching math. Nearly 30 percent of parents reported anxiety about teaching their children math, and that anxiety is even greater for moms (33%) and parents with an education level of high school or less (32%).
Read more about PBS's “It All Adds Up” campaign, a collection of more than 100 games and apps that PBS KIDS and CPB have launched over the past two years through Ready To Learn to help build math and literacy skills.
- Source: Reuters
