1/ The pre-kindergarten years are critical for introducing Math & Science through fun hands-on activities:
- cooking (weigh, measure, and observe how food combine and change)
- singing & dancing (counting, pitch, duration, and loudness)
- card/board games (monopoly is the best)
- cooking (weigh, measure, and observe how food combine and change)
- singing & dancing (counting, pitch, duration, and loudness)
- card/board games (monopoly is the best)
2/ Don't teach math as systems/ rules that kids have to learn/remember.
- Some parents circumvent the possibility of kids not liking math by embedding it into their brains before kids have a chance to like/dislike it.
-If you are going this route, monitor the fun factor!
- Some parents circumvent the possibility of kids not liking math by embedding it into their brains before kids have a chance to like/dislike it.
-If you are going this route, monitor the fun factor!
3/ Living and loving math with them around the house.
- Plan a trip together 'how long is that going to take by airplane, car or train?'
- Read map together (and then check it with GPS)
- Find the cost of having a pet (food, toys, vet bills, etc)
- Read an analog clock together
- Plan a trip together 'how long is that going to take by airplane, car or train?'
- Read map together (and then check it with GPS)
- Find the cost of having a pet (food, toys, vet bills, etc)
- Read an analog clock together
4/ Focus on teaching the 'whys' first.
- Take long division for example
- It is often possible to learn the "how" mechanically without understanding why something works. Procedures learned this way are often forgotten very easily.
- Strive to work on the 'whys' then the 'hows'
- Take long division for example
- It is often possible to learn the "how" mechanically without understanding why something works. Procedures learned this way are often forgotten very easily.
- Strive to work on the 'whys' then the 'hows'
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