Smiling Dog Math

Welcome to Smiling Dog Math!

This channel is carefully designed by Dr. Marty Epstein (PhD Math Ed, MS Psychology, MBA) to help you help young children understand math. We focus on giving parents and educators insight into how children learn math and how to avoid common pitfalls in a child's math education journey.

If you are new to the channel, we recommend starting with Video 1 where we focus on developing a child's foundational understanding of numbers. We want to avoid a child developing a view of numbers that will only allow them to do math by memorizing, not by understanding. Such a view of numbers often implodes later on, leading to frustration and math anxiety. Let's not do that!

When your child is ready to start adding to 10, check out the "Ten Friends Save the Day" story---it's a fun way to learn this important "add-to-10" math skill!

Check out www.SmilingDogMath.com for more information about Smiling Dog Math books and videos.