I can’t help, but wanted to give kudos to your teaching your kids, and making math interesting.
I wish my dad had done that.
I’m still ‘number phobic’ despite eventually getting through Calculus, and D.E., etc.
“I’m still ‘number phobic’ despite eventually getting through Calculus, and D.E., etc”
I understand what you are saying. I did not do well in school and struggled through college, but when I started teaching her, things became clearer, I was able to fill in the holes in my education and teach myself what I never fully understood. The books available now are great. Danica Mckellor’s books though having too much boyfriend stuff in them are a help. There are some great you tubes and the Kahn academy is fantastic. There are a ton of web sites available. We have good library book sales and the common core standards have caused a plethora of inexpensive text books to become available. It is interesting how may ways there are to explain the same subject. I have some where between 75-100 math books not to mention some lighter theory books like Jordan Ellenberg’s or Keith Devlin’s.
What ever comes of this, I will continue with my math. It is amazing what you can do if you simply do 15-30 minutes of calculations a day even if you ever so slowly increase the complexity. Furthermore, working with math causes one to view the world differently,more rationally. Giving your mind a mathematical work out daily will change you. Don’t fear it; own it.