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Math tools at school |
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Math tools at home |
One of our goals at CHPS is making math fun for all students! In our grade 1 class, with help and support from our school librarian, we have developed math games that students will sign out of the library on library day, for our class that is Day 2. The math game will go home for a week, just like the library book. These math games give your child the opportunity to show what kind of math tools are used at school, and to show you how they are used at school. For instance, one of our centres at school is popsicle math, so one of the math home games is popsicle math. Popsicle math focuses on addition and subtraction of numbers up to 20; popsicle sticks will have numbers from 1-20 written on them, as well as addition, subtraction and equal signs. The object of the game is to pull out two popsicle sticks with numbers and one with an operational sign (plus or minus). With this information you make up a number sentence and then find the answer. For instance, you might pull out a 4 and a 12 and a plus sign. The number sentence would be 4+12=, or 12+4=, as you started out with the popsicle stick with the equal sign. This is a math centre that we love to play at school, and we hope you will love to play at home!
These math games will show you what kind of tools we use at school, but there are also lots of math tools in your homes that can help build your child's math knowledge. An easy math tool that most homes have are measuring cups and spoons, including your child in meal preparation and special baking opportunities gives them the opportunity to see real life application of math skills. If you find life hectic, and meal preparation a challenge to involve your child with, how about putting out the measuring cups and spoons for them, and have them measure out quantities of water into a bowl or pot. They will still feel involved in the meal preparation, have exposure to real life math applications, and have a bit of fun along the way!
Doing math at home is huge your child's mathematical knowledge development. The two ideas that have been presented will help tremendously, thank you for effort and time you have put into this important development process. If you would like to explore other opportunities to increase your child's mathematical knowledge development please explore the following links, which provide numerous ideas on how to infuse your family's life with math:
If you are looking for some online math content here are a few resources:
If you are looking for apps (free at the time of this post):
At school we are learning that math is FUN, and we hope that you can continue to encourage this growth mindset at home. Please let me know if you have any ideas to contribute or questions on how to make math fun at home.
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