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Helping Your Child in the Area of Math

Helping Your Child in the Area of Math

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Here’s a great resource to hand out to parents at your Family Math Night events. It covers 5 areas: Support positive attitudes towards mathematics ● Let your child know that everyone can be successful in mathematics. This can be done by… ● …encouraging your child to be persistent in working through problems; success will build confidence. ● Avoid negative comments about math such as, “I was never good at math.” ● Praise effort not intelligence. Use words like I like…

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My Fraction Book

My Fraction Book

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We often spend a lot of time teaching fractions as pieces of a pie. And that’s one way to represent fractions. But they should also be represented on a number line and as parts of a set. This fun and easy fraction flip book is a great way for students to show these multiple representations of fractions. There is also a flap where students write the definition of a fraction including the denominator and numerator. In addition, they can show…

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Set Model of Multiplication

Set Model of Multiplication

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This is an easy activity to do with students that shows the set model of multiplication: number of groups x number of objects in each group. Students (or the teacher) chooses the number of groups/circles to work with. Then they choose how many they want in each group and use stickers, rubber stamps or actual object to place in each circle. Students can glue their circles onto construction paper and record the multiplication equation underneath. Makes a great bulletin board!…

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Three “Tools” that Promote Mathematical Thinking

Three “Tools” that Promote Mathematical Thinking

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One of the best ways to engage young children in math is to make it hands-on. Here are three hands-on tools that can give kindergartners opportunities to do some great mathematical thinking in the context of…them. Bathroom Scale: The bathroom scale is a fun math “tool” to have in the house because it gives kids immediate feedback and, the best part is, it’s all about them! Unlike a lot of adults who may not like standing on a bathroom scale,…

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