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Math at Home 

 

Children are exposed to a world of mathematics as they go about in their everyday lives exploring and discovering things around them. Mathematical learning has become increasingly important and it is very important that children learn math in the home, as well as school. I hope to share with you some ideas that you can use the same way to promote the development of a healthy attitude towards and knowledge about mathematics and numeracy.

Important Things to Know

 

  1. Problems can be solved in different ways.
  2. Wrong answers can help.
  3. Doing math in your head is important.
  4. It’s okay to use a calculator.
  5. Make math learning FUN!!!

Activities you can do at HOME

Guess my number - This is a useful game for playing on a journey. As your child plays the game they will practise thinking about the order of numbers.

Start the game by saying to your child ' I am thinking of a number between 1 and 10'. Explain that the aim of the game is to guess the mystery number by asking questions and that you will only answer 'yes' or 'no'.Children soon learn that it is more useful to ask "Is the number bigger than 5?" than to ask 'Is it 7?" Older children can progress to guessing mystery numbers up to 100, and by Year 2 they should be able to use questions such as: 'Is it an odd number?''Is the number a multiple of 10?' (e.g. 20, 30, 40)

Differentiating the game for older students: The number can be a fraction, a mixed number or a decimal and you can vary the amount of digits!

 

Investigate at Home

Please remember to make mathematics learning FUN!

 

Eva Tomazos

etomazos@sktemplestowelr.catholic.edu.au