Parents frequently ask me if one hour lessons are too long for a child with concentration problems. Over the years I have found that most children, even those diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, can very well thrive on one hour math sessions. Longer sessions allow learners to enter more deeply into mathematical thinking. An hour allows time for practicing and applying new skills and concepts so they can really sink in.

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Helping your child with math is easiest when he or she is young. Preschool and lower elementary age children accept help more readily than preadolescents or teenagers. Parents will also more readily understand the younger child’s homework, although today’s curricula, with its focus on discovery and problem-solving, sometimes stump math-savvy parents even at this level.

However: if even your child has moved beyond the early years of schooling, it is not too late to help.