How to teach pre-school maths at home

[buds]

MATCH & MAKE NUMBER PUZZLES

Includes over 100 number cards,
to match and make sums.

Its a thick ring bind cardboard book,
with jigsaw templates.

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What inside the set looks like...



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Ops, by the way...
This material bought from Popular @ such a steal price > S$14.90!
Age range... for K1 users onwards, shud be appropriate.

[foreverj]

Hi buds, thanks for the great ideas for math and appreciate u for sharing them

[buds]

foreverj:

Hi buds, thanks for the great ideas for math and appreciate u for sharing them

Heyya foreverj,

I APPRECIATE your appreciation for my contribution.

:thankyou:

Such small thoughtful gestures inspire me to conticute even more.
If there are any special topic you'd like me to cover, pls feel free
to let me know, I'll see how i can be of assistance to you so you can
have more fun with your child. Mind sharing how many and how old
your child(ren) are...? Attending school or not and such. Just some
general introduction. I sometimes miss out welcoming some newbies
lah.. :oops:


Thanks in advance.

[foreverj]

oops, kind of impolite of me not to have introduced myself in the first place. i do apologise. :oops: i have one dd coming to 3 next mth who is in fullday cc. she's already reading so my next step would be to help her in math.


am considering investing in a math curriculum called rightstart math which came highly recommended by many homeschoolers. not sure if u've heard of it but its abacus based. pls see http://www.alabacus.com/ n would appreciate if u could give some advice whether its a worthwhile investment.

just a little background, part of reason y i chose to give myself so much work is becos i realised depending only on the pre-school (be it kindy or fullday cc) may not help children learn effectively. the teachers need the involvement of the parents to help the children pick up things more easily. i speak from the experience from helping my child to read at home using the sight reading method. after the teachers started teaching letterland phonics, it helped her to reinforce the phonetic way of decipering words. i could see my dd benefitting from both parent teaching n school teaching.

[buds]

foreverj:

just a little background, part of reason y i chose to give myself so much work is becos i realised depending only on the pre-school (be it kindy or fullday cc) may not help children learn effectively. the teachers need the involvement of the parents to help the children pick up things more easily. i speak from the experience from helping my child to read at home using the sight reading method. after the teachers started teaching letterland phonics, it helped her to reinforce the phonetic way of decipering words. i could see my dd benefitting from both parent teaching n school teaching.

Way to go YOU!
Well done. If all
parents ON like you,
BEST!

Yes, child gets best of both worlds cos
mummy is observant with child's interests
and development progress, hence find other
alternative ways for child to learn to complement
or diversify what the kindy or cc is conducting...
Good job mummy! Keep it up!

And nice to be acquainted with you!
Thanks for the brief introduction.
Btw, your child sounds very advanced already..
My contributions may not be on par to her level! Hehee!

See ya soon!
Have a great week ahead.
Cheerios.

:celebrate:

[ChiefKiasu]

buds:

...I APPRECIATE your appreciation for my contribution...

I was on the plane today talking to a nice gentleman from Papua New Guinea who was in some education ministry's board. He was lamenting how it was so difficult to get his countries' parents to get involved with their children's education. Everyone was simply relying on the schools to do their job in teaching their children.

We have the exact reverse of that situation in Singapore. We are in fact so involved with our children's education that we overdo it sometimes. We spend tons on money on \"enriching\" our pre-school kids without understanding whether these services are really effective or if we are wasting our time. Sometimes, even after months using the services, we don't even know what these services do.

The truth of the matter is, the best education our pre-schoolers can get is from ourselves. We might as well be pouring money down the drain if we don't follow up with what our children learn in the enrichment services. And once we have learnt them, we can put them to good use not only on our own children, but also for others who are not so fortunate to have learnt the skills themselves.

Buds, your selfless contributions to our community regarding how we can teach our children ourselves will go far in bringing up the quality of parenting in Singapore. Teaching our children is not about getting degrees in early childhood before we start. It's about us subscribing to the concept of continuous learning; that there is an opportunity to teach our children to learn in everything that we do. This is what you have taught me in your postings, and I am grateful for that!

Thank you!

[foreverj]

hi buds, as chief has mentioned, yr contributions r great n lots of parents n their children can really benefit from the sharing u have so kindly and graciously given, but only if they sit down, prepare n give themselves and their children a chance to indulge in the activities u have suggested or at least try to incorporate some tips on an informal basis.


wat i find useful is to apply a variety of activities, games to teach the same thing. eg. if i had only used flashcards alone to teach reading, i dun think it could have achieved the same results as including early reader series, word games, fridge magnets, reading for pleasure etc. therefore, whatever (math games, affordable supplements) u suggest would come in handy as well. i believe u speak from experience of teaching your own children

[buds]

Aaaaaaawww... you guys....

Thanks..... :oops:

[shylyn]

Buds


U deserved the compliements!! :love:
Honestly, i really admire your effort and time taken to share all these activities with the mummies/daddies reading this thread..I can never be so bothered to do so..heee...

[buds]

shylyn:

Buds


U deserved the compliements!! :love:
Honestly, i really admire your effort and time taken to share all these activities with the mummies/daddies reading this thread..I can never be so bothered to do so..heee...

Admiration received with BIG thanks...
Glad you're hooked on fun learning!