The day your child speaks his or her first word, he or she has the ability to understand symbols. Language is all about symbols. The word “apple” is not an actual apple, but a symbol for the real thing. The capacity to understand symbols is the only prerequisite for doing accelerated learning. Matrix Math and Threshold to Reading are designed for children 2 years and older who have little or no experience with reading or math. The earlier you start building their foundation, the stronger it will be.
Underchallenged learners
JG Programs are built to allow each learner to move at his or her individual pace. Different levels move through the material at different speeds to accommodate faster and slower learners. Children who have positive feelings about math and who are motivated will often fly through skills mastery at light speed! That’s not a problem for us. Our programs are designed to move these kids through at up to 4x the pace of traditional programs. And if your child grasps the concepts and masters the skills faster than that, we simply bump him or her up to the next level.
Mathphobic learners
Are tears a daily part of your math routine? Have you been struggling to teach your child math concepts that they just can’t seem to grasp no matter how many different ways you approach it? Working very hard without making any progress is frustrating for you and for your child. It damages self-esteem and can lead to a dislike and fear of math, or the belief that “I’m just not good at math”. Bah humbug.Mathphobic learners are some of our favorite kinds of learners because the positive transformation we see once they get their first taste of success is absolutely extraordinary! It can be done. Don’t believe us? Read a few of our Mathphobia Success Stories.
Learners with disabilities
We have had Moms and Dads come to us nearly in tears because they just don’t know if their child is capable of learning math. Sometimes this is true. Most of the time, it is not. We have taught kids with ADHD, kids with hearing impairments and kids who were just “slow”. Many of them have had visible transformations with the JG program. In many cases, the child didn’t have a learning disability at all – their way of learning just wasn’t compatible with traditional teaching methods!
Learners that need a boost of self-esteem
There’s nothing like success to boost self-esteem! And there’s a simple way to achieve it: commit yourselves fully to the program for a semester. It may be challenging at first, but do the practice daily, and do it with your child. If he or she is learning multiplication and division, do the problems right beside them. This shows them that these skills are important – so important that Mom or Dad is committing time to master them as well! Be diligent in your efforts. I assure you, we have never had a child who failed to master a skill that their parent mastered.
Hardcharging learners If your child is one of those who seems to soak up math like a sponge, the JG program will accelerate him or her through mastery of math skills 4x faster than any other math program. We do that through a laser beam focus on the important foundational skills and then we build on those. Kids who love math will love this program not only because it challenges them, but because they will be able to show off their "genius" skills at live public demonstrations on a regular basis at JG Global Student Demos.
Teenage learners
It is never too late to build a strong foundation. In fact, teenagers benefit greater from our programs because they often have a lot of “holes” in their knowledge. If you are moving into algebra with your teen, this is a great time to make sure that his or her basic skills foundation is really strong. When I was in college studying physics, my professor told us that 99% of the mistakes he sees on assignments are not from calculus or trigonometry, or even geometry, but from algebra. And it was true! Algebra is extremely important, and in order to get a good grasp and soar ahead in algebra, your teen must have a good mastery of skills like multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, and powers and roots.
Learners who are “stuck”
Being “stuck” on a math concept or level will quickly lead to the damaging “mathphobia” syndrome. Your child may decide that he or she “just doesn’t like math” after a while and want to give up. Don’t let this happen - it is often merely caused by “holes” in their basic skills foundation. Your child isn’t bad at math. Kids like doing what they’re good at. Once your child realizes they really are good at math, they’ll be begging to show you all of the “math tricks” they can do.
