How Kids Fall In Love With Math
Teaching math to your kids can be very difficult.
Not all kids have the interest in learning numbers.
As a teacher or parent, we need to find ways on how to let them understand the basic concepts of this subject.
For example, using your creative skills you can incorporate counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time and money using a variety of math games.
By teaching them while they play, you are able to develop the kids' abilities and knowledge.
Math will then become easier for them because they are willing to focus.
Here are some tips to consider on how to get the concentration of your kids in learning math.
Counting by Hide and Seek Let your child practice counting by letting them play hide and seek.
Let the younger children or the beginners count from 1-20, the older ones to count by twos, threes, fives or tens.
This will improve their counting ability by playing "Hide and Seek".
Kids can play this game anywhere.
The rules are simple and your kids will bound to have hours of fun.
Find Their Passion Being a parent you know what are the strengths and weaknesses of your child hence you know what they are passion about.
While teaching, it is important that you know how to incorporate math this passion.
When kids like what they are doing, they will concentrate more and accomplish things faster.
For example, if your child loves basketball, pull out the newspaper and have him analyze the basketball scores to see how much the other teams won by All kids like to pretend to have a store or bank.
Take advantage of this, pretend to be a customer and have a list of items or a bank deposit or withdrawal.
This would be the perfect opportunity to help them; if don't understand how to add up the list of items because help them out because you have their full attention.
Multiple studies have shown that entering their pretend world you can you can influence what happens in this interactive game; the possibilities are endless.
Practice Using Dice Games Playing simple dice games can allow your kids to practice their arithmetic skills.
Yahtzee is a dice game where you need to identify patterns to score points and have them keep score.
Hopscotch can also develop their addition and agility.
While playing hopscotch have them add the numbers of their new and old places and then when they reach the new square have them give their answer.
If they are correct they get to stay where they are, if the answer is wrong have them go back to the old square.
Using this technique you can twist this game even more by changing the numbers and work on multiplication.
Have them start with a multiple of 1 and play ten rounds ending at the multiplier 10.
If they have master the sets up to 10, start from 10 and go to 20.
Everyday Mathematics Look for how math is part of your daily activities; use this awareness and opportunities to quiz them.
When you converse with them, incorporate math terms by using word problems to explain tasks that need to be completed.
This will emphasize to your kids that math really is part of life and that math is important to succeed.
Participating in life skills that involve math they will come to realize that it not as hard as they think.
Do Math in Pairs In order for your child not to feel that he is alone, you can let the kids have his or her buddy in solving math problems or practice math together.
It motivates them to learn by not letting them feel that they are not alone.
Interacting with other people will keep them interested because they can be challenged with new questions that could be asked.
Math can be hard.
When kids find math difficult they can withdrawal and isolate themselves so they aren't embarrassed.
Helping them with math directly helps them with the self-worth.
It is critical that in our daily activities, we incorporate math in different ways; this can be a lot of fun for kids.
Guidance in learning math is critical when they are young.
A recent study showed that you child is imprinted with everything they see, hear and feel til the age of 8.
With those experiences they make judgments on how they perceive ideas in the past.
If they have a bad experience with math, they will continue to be traumatized and may take a lot of effort to change their perception.
Understand that you children are intellectual sponges and be conscious of what they are exposed to; these experiences will change their lives.
Not all kids have the interest in learning numbers.
As a teacher or parent, we need to find ways on how to let them understand the basic concepts of this subject.
For example, using your creative skills you can incorporate counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time and money using a variety of math games.
By teaching them while they play, you are able to develop the kids' abilities and knowledge.
Math will then become easier for them because they are willing to focus.
Here are some tips to consider on how to get the concentration of your kids in learning math.
Counting by Hide and Seek Let your child practice counting by letting them play hide and seek.
Let the younger children or the beginners count from 1-20, the older ones to count by twos, threes, fives or tens.
This will improve their counting ability by playing "Hide and Seek".
Kids can play this game anywhere.
The rules are simple and your kids will bound to have hours of fun.
Find Their Passion Being a parent you know what are the strengths and weaknesses of your child hence you know what they are passion about.
While teaching, it is important that you know how to incorporate math this passion.
When kids like what they are doing, they will concentrate more and accomplish things faster.
For example, if your child loves basketball, pull out the newspaper and have him analyze the basketball scores to see how much the other teams won by All kids like to pretend to have a store or bank.
Take advantage of this, pretend to be a customer and have a list of items or a bank deposit or withdrawal.
This would be the perfect opportunity to help them; if don't understand how to add up the list of items because help them out because you have their full attention.
Multiple studies have shown that entering their pretend world you can you can influence what happens in this interactive game; the possibilities are endless.
Practice Using Dice Games Playing simple dice games can allow your kids to practice their arithmetic skills.
Yahtzee is a dice game where you need to identify patterns to score points and have them keep score.
Hopscotch can also develop their addition and agility.
While playing hopscotch have them add the numbers of their new and old places and then when they reach the new square have them give their answer.
If they are correct they get to stay where they are, if the answer is wrong have them go back to the old square.
Using this technique you can twist this game even more by changing the numbers and work on multiplication.
Have them start with a multiple of 1 and play ten rounds ending at the multiplier 10.
If they have master the sets up to 10, start from 10 and go to 20.
Everyday Mathematics Look for how math is part of your daily activities; use this awareness and opportunities to quiz them.
When you converse with them, incorporate math terms by using word problems to explain tasks that need to be completed.
This will emphasize to your kids that math really is part of life and that math is important to succeed.
Participating in life skills that involve math they will come to realize that it not as hard as they think.
Do Math in Pairs In order for your child not to feel that he is alone, you can let the kids have his or her buddy in solving math problems or practice math together.
It motivates them to learn by not letting them feel that they are not alone.
Interacting with other people will keep them interested because they can be challenged with new questions that could be asked.
Math can be hard.
When kids find math difficult they can withdrawal and isolate themselves so they aren't embarrassed.
Helping them with math directly helps them with the self-worth.
It is critical that in our daily activities, we incorporate math in different ways; this can be a lot of fun for kids.
Guidance in learning math is critical when they are young.
A recent study showed that you child is imprinted with everything they see, hear and feel til the age of 8.
With those experiences they make judgments on how they perceive ideas in the past.
If they have a bad experience with math, they will continue to be traumatized and may take a lot of effort to change their perception.
Understand that you children are intellectual sponges and be conscious of what they are exposed to; these experiences will change their lives.