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that Teshley is already working on college-level math. Now Komen feels more empowered as a parent to help her daughters with math. That's because the center provides all parents with a complete set of instructions and materials for working with their child at home. "Dr. Miller helped me help my daughters," says Komen. "I watch how he goes through the process and then use those techniques at home." Kim Wahl, mother of two, from Carmel, brought both her sons to the center because she wanted them challenged. They have attended the program since December 2011. Wahl says that each week, Dr. Miller reviews homework assignments, notes achievements or weaknesses, and discusses the following week. "My sons and I find Dr. Miller's methods of teaching to be inspirational," says Wahl. "He writes songs, has interactive math quiz games, offers terrific parent print-outs with stopwatch-timed homework plus wonderful books and short stories." For more information: Lessons at itmeansmath.com. Select math lessons. Visit the Exploration website: mathphysicsexplore.org. Use search words "Irvin Miller" to view 19 instructional videos. Math & Physics Exploration 1054 Freedom Plains Road (Route 55) Poughkeepsie. 845-452-4862. Merlyn Akhtar loves living on a horse farm in Lagrange with her son Aldrin(3) and their new kitten Ava. A lesson in addition Irvin Miller believes that the best way to understand numbers is to play with them. Find out how teaching 5- and 6-year-olds addition can be easy and fun using Miller's method. First, make sure the child can count to nine. Then, teach the child to "count backward from 9 and then from 19." After that is mastered, teach the child how to visually and orally add 10 to a number. Then ask the child "what number comes before a given number." Show the child this list of numbers, 9 2 8 3 7 4 6 5, and have them repeat the numbers. Continuing with the previous list of numbers, have the child add ten to each number. Lastly, have the child say the number that comes before the number they got by adding ten. According to Miller, the center's program is sophisticated enough to be able to teach fifth grade children how to take square roots and raise numbers to a decimal power. Irvin Miller gives a demo at the Exploration Museum HVParent.com Hudson Valley Parent 23 soons orchards farm pick your own apples hayrides pumpkins mountain laurel waldorf school preschool baby care