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I'm Mariana, your go-to math enthusiast.

Whether you're a grown-up saying ciao to math frustrations, a teenager navigating the exciting world of functions, or kiddo ready for a magical math fraction journey, buckle up for some fun! Together, we'll tackle challenges, unravel math mysteries, and make learning a blast for everyone! 🚀🔢✨

With over ten years of teaching experience - from classrooms in my home country, Macedonia, to after-school programs in Vancouver, BC, Canada - I'm now on the online tutoring scene, running my own tutoring business.

Can't wait to dive into the world of math with you! Let's make this journey uniquely awesome! 😊

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Bedtime Math- book review

In the series of Books Bedtime Math, by author Laura Overdeck, we get familiar some fun facts 😀 There are four Bedtime Math books: Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late Bedtime Math: This Time It’s Personal Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out Bedtime Math: How Many Guinea Pigs Can Fit on a Plane? I read two of them, for which I'm going to share my personal impression. The first book that I read was the Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out. That books consists of 40 fun facts fitted into paragraph-long texts. Besides the facts, on the next side (one title covers two pages) you can see math-related questions on three levels of understanding math + the bonus question. The questions range from pre-K up to G7 maybe, although some bonus-problems are really tricky. I learned nice fun facts. The most interesting for me was the "Staring Contest", where the author is sharing the fact the camels have a 3 eyelids! Wow! Isn't that weird? 😀 To summarize, this book is fun-...

My May's List of Read Books- Just One!!

I need more time to read!!! I really do! As current student (yeah teachers can be students as well) at the Vancouver School Board, Adult Education, taking the English Studies 12, I have almost no time for literature and focus that can be placed at additional reading. Howeveeeer, I have put a lot of effort in managing my time; being student, being a math tutor, being wife and support to my husband, and being aunt (daily checking up my baby nephew). But, (and yes, my English teacher said that we are not supposed to start our sentences with "but", but there are some tendencies in moving from that point, so I'm just gonna slide toward these tendencies haha by starting my sentences with "but", "so", and "and"), where was I... oh yes, so, here I am, proud to announce that I read a book, and even more, I'm gonna write a vlog stating my opinion on it! Ha! So, let's see. 😀 What's the point of Math? This cute math's book's autho...

Is there any chance...?

One quote that caught my attention from the book Student Engagement Techniques by Elizabeth Barkley and Claire Howell Major (2020) is: “Students must have confidence that, with appropriate effort, they can succeed. If there is no hope, there is no motivation” (p. 20). Although hope was the last thing left in Pandora’s box, the authors suggest that for students, hope is the first condition for success. Without it, motivation cannot exist. This quote comes from Chapter 2, “Engagement and Motivation.” I came across couple of strong candidates for my reflection from both Chapters 1 and Chapter 2. One idea I found particularly intriguing as a mathematician is what I like to call the ‘zero-product property,’ where the authors emphasize that it's about the product, not the sum. However, after reading the quote: “Students must have confidence that, with appropriate effort, they can succeed. If there is no hope, there is no motivation” (Barkley & Major, 2020, p. 20)—I immediately sto...

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