Making Maths Marvelous at Home:
Making Maths Marvelous with Mom
The report cards are out and your child’s Maths result has either had you dancing with joy or, as in so many cases, frustrated and concerned! Maths is an interesting subject in that it is directly linked to our emotions. Our children love it or fear it and there is very little to be found in between!
The good news is that there are ways to promote Maths at home. Your child will improve in Maths when he sees the value of fun and real-time application of the subject in his life. The holidays are here and this is the perfect opportunity for you to try our great ideas in making Maths marvellous again!
1. Get creative in the kitchen
Measurement and capacity are concrete concepts, so often taught in abstract ways. When your child helps you weigh and measure ingredients in the kitchen, the understanding of measurement in Maths is easily mastered! Concepts such as millilitres and litres are better understood when DOING rather than on a sheet of paper!
2. Eat pizza!
The concept of fractions is difficult to master if your child cannot see the fraction in action! A pizza is often cut into eight equal pieces. Each piece is one eighth of the whole pizza. Two pieces is the same size as one quarter. Eating pizza is a yummy way of explaining fractions in a concrete way!
3. Go shopping together
Younger children battle to understand the concept of rands, cents, totals and change. Every moment is a teachable moment. Using a calculator to add the values of the till slip and working out how much change you received can be done at home. You could vary the scenarios. “What if I paid with R100?”, or “Would I have enough money to pay for the groceries if I had two R10 notes and one R20 note?”
4. Mental Maths in the car
Play maths games in the car. Add the digits of the number plate in front of you as quickly as possible. Multiply the first and last digits together. Have fun! Road signs are wonderful opportunities to identify shapes as well.
5. Mistakes are ok!
The quickest way to block your child’s enjoyment and learning in Maths is to be impatient with mistakes. A child who does not fear mistakes is more likely to pursue and solve problems effectively! Fear of making mistakes is the number one cause of children battling in Maths! Mistakes are the only way we can learn anything. So embrace the process of learning Maths, warts and all, and watch your child blossom!
Maths is often such an abstract subject that our children are often unable to make the connection between what they learn in the classroom and how those concepts and skills apply to real life. Remember, every moment is a teachable one. Measurement, fractions, shapes and lines, money and mental calculations can be found in, literally, every aspect of our lives. Embrace these as often as you can and show your children that Maths can be done while having fun!
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