Suggestions for Parents: Mathematics
Building your Child's Proficiency in Mathematics at Home
| 1. | For your child to become automatic in knowing facts in the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), practice using fact triangles or flashcards with your child. |
| 2. | Play computer and board games, such as Monopoly, which involves counting dice, money, etc. Visit stores to learn about the availability of math games for children. |
| 3. | Ask your son/daughter to accompany you on shopping visits to estimate amounts spent and to compute change. |
| 4. | Encourage your child to count his/her money kept in a bank. Your son/daughter can learn coin values as well as addition. |
| 5. | Teach your child to practice telling time on clocks in the home. Ask him/her to figure lapsed time, also. |
| 6. | Use math vocabulary with your children for them to learn, such as: estimate, deposit, withdrawal, compute, double, triple, area, perimeter, percentage, and volume. |
| 7. | Ask your son/daughter to help you cook and bake. Have him/her measure liquid and solid ingredients using both standard and metric units. |
| 8. | Ask your son/daughter to measure household objects, such as tables to determine sizes of tablecloths to purchase. |
| 9. | Since we are surrounded by objects of various shapes, talk about them and identify them with your child. |
| 10. | Ask your child to practice counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, 3s, 4s, etc. |
| 11. | Have your child classify odd and even numbers. |
| 12. | Encourage your child to read graphs for obtaining information. |
| 13. | Read books together with math themes, such as Math Curse, written by Jon Scieszka. |
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