Rebecca Zook - Math Tutoring Online

Tuesday, January 17th, I’ll be speaking at the Ridgewood Public Library about How to Raise a Math-Confident Child: Making Math Magical!

Do you or your child ever feel anxious about math?

Do you want to turn math anxiety into math joy?

Come and learn groundbreaking, fun tools to boost math confidence.

You will learn simple, easy-to-remember strategies for demystifying and mastering math, and leave with strategies you can use at home right away.

Come and join me, and please spread the word to families who you think may be interested!

Talk title: How to Raise a Math-Confident Child: Making Math Magical

Audience: This talk is for kids from 4th grade through high school, and their parents/guardians, and is designed for parents and kids to participate jointly.

Date: Tuesday, 1/17

Time: 7.00-8.00 pm

Location: Ridgewood Public Library
125 N. Maple Avenue,
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Please spread the word to families you think may be interested.

I would love to see you there!
Sending you love,
REBECCA

Preparing for “End the Math Freakout”!

Next Thursday, January 12th at 7:30 pm, I’ll be speaking to parents at the Old Bridge Public Library in Old Bridge, NJ on how to raise a math-confident daughter!

Come and join me, and please spread the word to parents who you think may be interested!

Math can be an enormous source of parental anxiety, where even the most math-confident parents can find themselves stuck when it comes to supporting their own child. Make sure that math anxiety isn’t an obstacle to your daughter’s dreams.

This talk/workshop will provide you with groundbreaking tools to build and nurture your daughter’s math confidence, including:
• the difference between perfectionism and mastery
• growth mindset
• how to use “negative” emotions to achieve math success
• flow state (how to use the sweet spot between boredom and overwhelm)
• mastery orientation, and more

You will discover how to support your daughter to achieve true mastery, rise to the top of their class, and even come to experience math as a source of joy and a type of self-expression. You’ll walk away with clear steps, case studies, and tools that you can use immediately at home to ensure math confidence and success.

Talk title: End the math freakout: How to raise a math-confident daughter
THIS TALK IS FOR: Parents of creative, passionate, unique daughters from 4th grade through high school who are having issues with math and know that something needs to change.
Date: Thursday, 1/12
Time: 7.30-8.30 pm
Location: Old Bridge Public Library
1 Old Bridge Plaza
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
Cost: Free and open to the public.

I would love to see you there!
Sending you love,
REBECCA

I’m very excited to announce….

I will be serving as an expert panelist on the future of math education at the Connecticut Science Center, Wed 11/16, from 6-8 pm!

I would love to have you in the audience and meet you in person!

The details:

Date: Wed 11/16
Time: 6-8 pm
Location: Connecticut Science Center,
250 Columbus Blvd. Hartford, CT
Cost: $10 for general admission, $5 for museum members

To get your tickets click here.

The other panelists and the moderator are also going to be great:

Moderator: Marjorie Wikler Senechal, Ph.D, Louise Wolff Kahn Professor Emerita in Mathematics and History of Science and Technology at Smith College
Panelist: Fabiana Cardetti, Ph.D, Graduate Director for Instructional Development, UConn Department of Mathematics
Panelist: Gladis Kersaint, Ph.D, Dean UConn Neag School of Education

Hope to see you there 🙂

Believe it or not…

…in 2009, an Intel survey found most parents would rather talk to their kids about drugs and sex than talk to them about math.

This talk/workshop will provide you with groundbreaking tools to build and nurture your child’s math confidence, including clear steps, case studies, and tools that you can use immediately at home to ensure math confidence and success. 

Date: Wednesday, November 2nd
Time: 6.30-7.30 pm
Location: Cresskill Public Library
53 Union Ave,
Cresskill, NJ 07626
Cost: Free and open to the public. No registration required.

I would love to see you there!
Sending you love,
REBECCA

[special speaking engagement in ‪#‎Nashville‬]

Math anxiety: while it’s one of the main reasons girls opt out of STEM classes, majors, and careers, math anxiety is rarely, if ever, even mentioned in school. But trying to teach students math while ignoring math anxiety is like trying to build a cathedral during an earthquake.

Next Wednesday, July 13th, I’ll be speaking at a very special Think Tank sponsored by the Center for STEM Education and girls to address this very issue.

Join me for my session, “End the math freakout: how to break the cycle of math anxiety and raise a masterful, math-confident generation of girls.”

In this presentation, you will discover how to use girls’ emotions around math as a secret weapon to create deep mastery and achievement, whether you’re preventing math anxiety or supporting girls already struggling with it.

You’ll learn groundbreaking tools to build and nurture your girls’ math confidence, including:
-why perfectionism doesn’t create perfection
-growth mindset
-flow orientation
-mastery mindset, and more
so your girls can shift the paradigm, achieve true mastery, rise to the top of their class, and even come to experience math as a source of joy and a type of self-expression.

You will walk away with clear steps, case studies, and tools that you can immediately use to eliminate math anxiety and nurture a mastery approach and mastery mindset in your own classroom, school, or community.

Date: Wednesday, July 13th
Time: 3 pm (I won’t be speaking the entire day, but my presentation is part of the conference that runs from Wed 7/13-Thurs 7/14)

Location: Middle School 214 at Harpeth Hall School
3801 Hobbs Road
Nashville, TN 37215

Click here to register.

I would love to see you there!
Sending you love,
REBECCA

‪#‎HarpethHall‬ ‪#‎thinktank‬ ‪#‎girls‬ ‪#‎STEM‬ ‪#‎STEAM‬ ‪#‎STEMefg‬ ‪#‎CenterforSTEMEducationforGirls‬

Yes, this is what math can look like!

Are you (or is your daughter) freaking out, failing, or secretly crying yourself to sleep about math?
Is math becoming a major source of stress in your family?

Do you wish that math could be something you actually enjoyed TOGETHER (as a family)?

Or maybe you (or your child) are (is) confident with math, but you’re already worried about what will happen when the material gets harder?

Next Saturday, April 9th, 2016, I’ll be speaking at a very special conference, Tech Savvy Ithaca-Cortland in NY, which is one of the only conferences in the world with programming for both 6-9th grade girls AND their parents.

Join me for a special session for parents on How to Raise a Math-Confident Daughter (2-2.50 pm for parents)
and
for girls, a Math Mastery Mastermind Workshop (one at 11 am, one at 12 noon)!

In these workshops, you will:
-discover how to support your daughter to achieve true mastery, rise to the top of their class, and even come to experience math as a source of joy and a type of self-expression.
-walk away with clear steps, case studies, and tools that you can use immediately to ensure math confidence and success.

And your daughter will:
-be nurtured in her creative, higher-level problem-solving abilities
-be encouraged to experiment in a completely supportive environment
-grow her courage and confidence as she discovers how much she can both learn from and help other girls!

Date: Saturday, April 9, 2016
Time: 8.30 am – 4.30 pm (I won’t be speaking the entire day, but my presentations are part of the day-long event)
Location: Tompkins-Cortland Community College
170 North Street
Dryden, NY 13053
Cost: $5 per person (adult or student)

Click on the link to register in advance: click here

This event will provide powerful support not only for your child but also for you as the parent, so it’s highly recommended that parents also attend!

I would love to see you there!

Sending you love,
REBECCA

Do you find yourself wondering…how can I truly engage my students with math?

Or even just…why is there such great insecurity right now about US students mastering math?

Or questioning…how can I help my students excel and succeed in math in ways that are deeply meaningful to them?

On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016, I’ll be speaking at a very special professional development conference for teachers, administrators, and those involved in the mathematical lives of middle and high school students.

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Are you (or is your daughter) freaking out, failing, or secretly crying yourself to sleep about math?

Is math becoming a major source of stress in your family?

Do you wish that math could be something you actually enjoyed TOGETHER (as a family)?

Or maybe you (or your child) are (is) confident with math, but you’re already worried about what will happen when the material gets harder?

Next Saturday, February 27th, 2016, I’ll be speaking at a very special conference, Tech Savvy at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, which is one of the only conferences in the world with programming for both 6-9th grade girls AND their parents.

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Does it break your heart to hear your child say things like, “I’m not good at math?”

Do you wish that math could be something you and your child actually enjoyed TOGETHER?

Or maybe your child is confident with math, but you’re already worried about what will happen when the material gets harder?

This Sunday I’ll be speaking at a very special conference, Tech Savvy at UC Santa Barbara, which is one of the only conferences in the world with programming for both 6-9th grade girls AND their parents.

Join me for special interactive, hands-on workshops on How to Raise a Math-Confident Daughter (for parents) and a Math Mastermind (for girls)!

Date: Sunday, February 14th
Time: 9-5 pm (I won’t be speaking the entire day, but my presentations are part of the day-long event)
Location: UC Santa Barbara Student Resource Building, Goleta, CA
Cost: $10 per person (adult or student)

Click here to register.

This is a very rare opportunity to see me speak in person on the west coast.

This event will provide powerful support not only for your child but also for you as the parent, so it’s highly recommended that parents also attend!

I would love to see you there!

Sending you love,
REBECCA

I have a super special speaking engagement coming up in Maryland, and you’re invited!

This is a rare opportunity to meet me in person (for free) in a very intimate, powerful group.

How to Sing and Dance about Math:
For Musical Theater Teens and Tweens (and their parents)!

Are you so busy prepping for musical theater auditions, rehearsing, and performing, that you don’t have a lot of time for math homework?

Do you ever feel overwhelmed and stressed about math?

Do you wish you could get your math homework done easily and quickly?

Do you want math to be something you sing and dance about–something you love and enjoy as much as musical theater?

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