I am Laurie Beesting, mainstream school teacher (now private math teacher) of 29 years and author of Bridge the Gap Math™- a new and DIFFERENT math book/program to firm up JUST the often-missing-but-really-need-to-know-bits from the Intermediate (G4-7) curriculum.

Since 2011, I have been researching, discussing, teaching and speaking about Intermediate math. The majority of students using my book/program are G5-9 but some are further into high school; my program is based on their needs.

As a mainstream teacher of final elementary students, I KNEW which children would likely reach first year high school feel anxious, insecure and unprepared for the math curriculum ahead- I have identified key areas which REALLY SHOULD be in place to cope better in G8+ and have realistic (and openly honest) opinions on how this might be done.