u/Shaik-Talk

Hi everyone!

I’m curious what sites math teachers actually use when they need worksheets, practice sets, review packets, or quick extra problems.

There are so many options out there: Kuta, DeltaMath, Brainator, Math-Aids, TPT, CommonCoreSheets, etc. But I’m more interested in what people genuinely use in practice and why.

What I’m looking for:

• Easy to find or create targeted practice
• Good print quality
• Not too cluttered for students
• Covers middle/high school math well
• Lets you adjust difficulty or problem types
• Saves time compared with making everything from scratch

Also curious: do you usually prefer ready-made worksheets, worksheet generators, or building your own materials?

Thanks in advance! I’m trying to get a better sense of what actually works for teachers day to day.

I’m curious from the teacher side of things.

A lot of parents want to help their kids at home, but I’m guessing some “help” creates more work for teachers or doesn’t really move the needle.

What kinds of at-home support do you actually appreciate?

For example:

• reviewing homework?
• reading daily?
• extra practice sheets?
• leaving schoolwork completely to school and just supporting routines/sleep?

Also, what should parents “not do”, even if they mean well?

I’d love honest answers. Especially for elementary/middle school kids.

I love my kid, but I’ve realized I was accidentally training them to expect me to provide entertainment every 10 minutes.

If I was cooking, working, cleaning, or just sitting down, I’d hear “I’m bored” and immediately jump in with ideas.

Lately I’ve been trying something different: I give a few options, then I let them be bored for a bit.

Not in a neglectful way. Just… “you have books, Legos, paper, puzzles, toys, the backyard. I believe in you.”

Curious how do you deal with this?

Screen time was creeping up and every "no" turned into a negotiation.

We weren't doing anything crazy. YouTube while I cooked. A show after school because we were all exhausted. Tablet on weekends when I needed to exist as a person for 30 minutes.

But somewhere along the way, every slow moment became "can I watch something?" and every no became a whole thing.

We've been doing a reset for a few weeks. The shift that actually helped wasn't "less screens." It was having options already out before the asking started.

What's been working, at least some of the time:

• outside right after school, even if it's just walking to the end of the block
• library trips where they pick, not me (this one surprised me)
• a bin of Lego that only appears during no-screen time, the scarcity makes it weirdly more appealing
• generate word searches or mazes based on whatever they're obsessed with that week, pirates, dinosaurs, whatever
• snacks earlier, because I swear half the tablet begging was just hungry + tired in disguise
• letting the boredom sit for a bit instead of immediately fixing it

There are still meltdowns. But they're shorter now because "no tablet" doesn't automatically mean "nothing to do."

What's actually worked in your house? Not the instagram perfect mom stuff. The real things.