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  Let me start off by introducing myself.  My name is Rachel, in the picture with me is my husband Kyle, and my daughter Suzie.  I have a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a Master's degree in Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction.  I was a 4th grade teacher for 3 years.  When my husband and I found out we were expecting a baby girl, we decided that I should be a stay at home mom.  I decided to do this blog because in all of the parent teacher conferences that I attended, parents always had questions about how to help their students at home. Now that home schooling and virtual school is so common, I felt that this would more helpful than ever.  
    My mom and both my aunts are teachers, and I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher.  When I was younger, I always wanted to play school with my younger brother.  He went into Kindergarten knowing his times tables because that's what I was learning in 3rd grade.  I really enjoy helping people learn and I have always favored math.  I really hope that this blog helps parents work with their students at home. 
    While I was teaching, parents would always ask me how they could help their child at home.  I would give them things to work on with their student, but the new strategies that we were using always seemed to be confusing.  I'll have to admit whenever I first started teaching I was surprised by all of the different ways that you could complete a multiplication problem.  After being in the classroom and seeing the strategies work, I gained a better understanding of why they are so important.

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