Activities to help children understand mathematics
Parents have a great opportunity and above all the responsibility to educate and teach children. The aging process is something that is done day after day and also must take into account several areas of development: physical, emotional and intellectual development. The most usual thing is for paren
Parents have a great opportunity and above all the responsibility to educate and teach children. The aging process is something that is done day after day and also must take into account several areas of development: physical, emotional and intellectual development.
The most usual thing is for parents to find time to read a story to their children, instilling in children something as important as love for the habit of reading, but qué what happens when it comes to inculcating love for mathematics? These are just as important as knowing how to read correctly. Games for children to know what mathematics is for
Mathematics is a necessary subject to function properly in society, it should be more pleasant than it really is for children, and this can be achieved with perseverance from home (and not only from school).
In order for children to begin to appreciate mathematics, the first thing to do is to nurture the confidence of the little ones before their mathematical capacity, their understanding and to see that they are real and necessary for daily life. It is a challenge, but it can be achieved without problems.
Real life is full of opportunities to teach math to children,
because mathematics is everything in our lives. The bills that are paid, the coins that are used, the shopping comparisons, the measurements ... everything requires mathematics and calculations. But how can mathematics be applied to real life for children to understand? -
In the kitchen: To cook you need measures of the ingredients, know the time and understand the quantities so that the child understands how to do things. - Measurement.
Children love using the rules and tape measures so it is another opportunity to teach math to children. Any time is good to teach a child mathematics, such as helping a parent to measure things in a DIY project and write everything down so they do not forget important numbers, something fun to practice measuring and comparison of lengths. -
Money . This is as easy as starting to accompany mom or dad to the supermarket and teaching your son to buy prices and pay at the ATM. It is a good way to introduce children to the concept of spending and saving money.As you can see there are many ways in which mathematics can be used in daily life, in addition, you can find more ways if you look at the small details.
