Mathematics 

Numeracy Tips for Parents and Caregivers

The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers have continued to outline the important impact parents and guardians make on their child's attitude and learning towards mathematics. By encouraging learning opportunities and support at home, you can help encourage learning from an early age.

Here are some fantastic tips to support and inspire your involvement in your child's maths: 

1. Relate maths to real-life - help your child draw connections to maths in the classroom and life. For example, explore how you use fractions in cooking, percentages while shopping, distance in driving, and keeping score in sports games.

2. Discover the beauty of maths -  What shape can be discovered by unfolding a carton? How do you draw a circle with a piece of rope? Where can you see mathematics in nature, art, music, or architecture? 

3. Cook together! - Besides the obvious use of measurements, cooking provides opportunities to talk about fractions, shapes, and quantities.

4. Encourage mental maths - Encourage your child to solve simple maths problems in their heads. What strategy did you use? What other strategy could you use? Help your child vocalise the strategy. 

Melanie Norton

Mathematics Leader