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HELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN MATH
Attitude counts!
• Be pro-active
•Be a problem solver
•Communicate mathematically
•Demonstrate reasoning ability
use loads of manipulatives / everyday objectshttp://www.montessorimaterials.org/math.htm#num
http://www.abc123kidz.com/math.html
Investigative Maths
http://www.southmoor.vic.edu.au/HandyLinks/KLAs/Maths/Creative.htm
http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/toothpickworld/index.html
http://www.vtaide.com/png/puzzles.htm
http://nrich.maths.org/public/
Let's Go and Explore Math!Math in the Home
• "talk math" - to communicate about math while discovering relationships between numbers.
• describe mathematical patterns and relationships, such as those between "addition and subtraction" or "odd and even numbers“
• solve simple everyday Math problems
•Encourage mental mathshttp://athomewithmath.terc.edu/math_kits.html
Math at the supermarket/grocery store• The supermarket/grocery store is one of the best examples of a place where math is real. • It's a great place for practising measurement, estimation, and quantity. • Allowing your children to participate in weighing, counting, and figuring price per unit versus price per kg will help improve their ability to estimate and predict amounts with accuracy.
Let's Go and Explore Math!
Let's Go and Explore Math!Math on the go• Use your travelling time as an opportunity to learn about math.
• Look around as you travel from place to place, and help your child find numbers on buildings, buses, taxis, and houses that they can add and subtract while on the road.
• Not only will your child be learning and practicing math skills, but the time you spend travelling will go by more quickly as well
Drill & PracticeTables Testerhttp://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/testtest.html Division Machinehttp://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.html Timed practice of basic math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and divisionhttp://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/maths1.html Games on multiplication and divisionhttp://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
http://www.rainforestmaths.com
Useful websites
1. http://www.coolmath.com/parents/
2. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathachieve.html
3.http://pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/activities/acts/how_much_cost.html?cat=math
4. http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/index.html
5. http://www.figurethis.org/index.html - math challenges for family
6. http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/math_kits.html
Let’s Recap!
Always make Maths fun and alive!
Never underestimate your child
Be creative – modify the activities
or invent your own!
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