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Help your child Help your child do well in do well in
MathsMaths
Mrs Maan, Miss Taylor & Year 6 pupils
3.12.10
Maths everywhere......Maths everywhere......Cooking (measurements, capacity,
weight)TV timeShopping (best buys/BOGOF)TimeBanking/billsDecoratingTravellingMoving aroundGardening
Tips for helping your child to Tips for helping your child to enjoy maths:enjoy maths:measuring their height and working
out how much they've grownon car journeys - playing number-
plate games, adding and subtracting with road signs, thinking about speed by dividing distance by time
at the shops - weighing fruit and vegetables, budgeting with pocket money, working out the relative value of products by comparing prices and weight
in the kitchen - with weighing and measuring, and temperature and timings
making models and origami shapes
playing games together– jigsaws, monopoly, top trumps, match attacks cards
More general tips....More general tips....The more time your children
spend practicing their basic maths skills, the sooner they will develop confidence in their abilities.
4x4= 16÷4=5x4= 20÷4=4x5=
They will never get a real feeling for maths nor learn more advanced concepts without an understanding of its vocabulary.
e.g. subtract, subtraction, take (away), minus, decreasedear, costs more, more/most expensiveascending/descending ordernumerator/denominator
Maths has changed since I attended school
http://www.mad4maths.com/parents/
Excellent website for parents, covering:- Helping your kids with maths- How teaching has changed- How calculation is taught (the new
methods)
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