What Scares You The Most? Witches, Ghouls, or Math?

Sylvan Learning Offers a Free Online Activity Book to Help Families Overcome the Fear of Math

Baltimore, MD, October 8, 2010 – With Halloween just around the corner, Sylvan Learning is helping students face and overcome a certain kind of fear – one that involves numbers and algebra instead of ghouls, witches or spiders! To help alleviate math phobia, Sylvan Learning, North America's leading provider of in-center and live, online tutoring at home to students of all ages, grades and skill levels, is offering a free math resource to families this fall.

Sylvan’s online Math Activity Book provides 30 days of math topics, trivia, questions and puzzles. Parents and students can log on to Sylvan’s web site to download or print activities and math games.

"Effort in math matters," says Judy Ann Brown, mathematics program manager for Sylvan Learning. "Because math skills build over time, missing one essential component early on can translate into long-term difficulties down the road."

Sylvan’s math activity book is specially designed to make math fun and approachable by linking it to real-world examples and by using games and activities to encourage math discovery in children.

According to Brown, the Math Activity Book can also serve as a useful tool for parents wishing to revive forgotten math concepts. A Harris Poll Quorum survey, conducted for Sylvan Learning last year, revealed that more than six out of 10 adults do not feel comfortable helping a teenager with "advanced math" homework.

"Math phobic parents need not fear, as they too can now use this engaging resource to improve and freshen up their math skills," says Brown.

To download Sylvan’s math booklet, please visit - http://tutoring.sylvanlearning.com/form_math_booklet.cfm or contact your local Sylvan Center.

Parents looking for additional math resources and information should visit www.SylvanMathPrep.com to receive on-the-spot math guidance during homework time and obtain free access to over 700 interactive math lessons concerning pre-algebra, algebra, geometry and math test preparation for the SAT and ACT.

About Sylvan Learning

Sylvan Learning is the leading provider of tutoring to students of all ages, grades and skill levels. With 30 years of experience and more than 900 centers located throughout North America, Sylvan's proven process and personalized methods have inspired more than 2 million students to discover the joy of learning. Sylvan's trained and Sylvan-certified personal instructors provide individual instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, study skills and test prep for college entrance and state exams. Sylvan helps kids develop the skills, habits and attitudes needed for lifelong success. Visit www.DrRickBlog.com to share your personal academic experiences and comment on academic trends. For more information, call 1-800-31-SUCCESS or visit www.SylvanLearning.com.