Q&A - P1 Math

[SAHM_TAN]

optimistforum:

Funnily, enough I did use number-bonds but the \"penny-dropping\" moment has still not happened.

Does he know how to subtract?

[optimistforum]

Hi SAHM_TAN


Yes, he can subtract (up to 10). I guess we need to practise more.

We are working through the EPH Book, Step by Step P1 Maths. Hopefully, repetition of maths exercises will do the trick.

[SAHM_TAN]

wait for the penny to drop


Today is sun, maybe on Mon, when more parents are online they will post better suggestions

[optimistforum]

No worries, I posted this last week, so I have perservered till now.

[laughingcat]

optimistforum:

I am struggling to get him to do somethinglike 2+ [] = 5. So I use fruit, marbles or toys. Just need to know what other parents do to teach subtraction.

Hi optimistforum,

For this kind of question, I get my DS to draw the number bond in the beginning. What i do is to explain to him what are the symbols means and where is the biggest number. After awhile, he got the hands of it and do not need to draw the number bonds for visualization. My simple advice and hopefully it helps.

[worriedmumz]

I noticed in some of the P1 Math assessment books that they have started teaching

quite high level questions. My friends say it is simple heuristics. There is nothing simple about those questions. How to get our kids ready for that?

[laughingcat]

worriedmumz:

I noticed in some of the P1 Math assessment books that they have started teaching

quite high level questions. My friends say it is simple heuristics. There is nothing simple about those questions. How to get our kids ready for that?

IMO, get the child to develop literacy first. Today's maths is about testing the competency of language as well.

[jedamum]

worriedmumz:

I noticed in some of the P1 Math assessment books that they have started teaching

quite high level questions. My friends say it is simple heuristics. There is nothing simple about those questions. How to get our kids ready for that?

worriedmumz,
some of the questions in P1 math assessment books are ridiculously difficult. i almost killed my ds1's interest in math when we were doing these assessment books when he was in K2. after looking at the past year papers for P1, most questions tested are basic questions.
you may want to go to those online free papers website to print out 1 or 2 papers as a guide.
sometimes, some kids are not ready to tackle these heuristics questions. i wasted a lot of time and effort trying to get ds1 to learn model drawing in K2. his P1 teacher did it in a few lessons.

[Callie Tan]

laughingcat:

worriedmumz:

I noticed in some of the P1 Math assessment books that they have started teaching

quite high level questions. My friends say it is simple heuristics. There is nothing simple about those questions. How to get our kids ready for that?

IMO, get the child to develop literacy first. Today's maths is about testing the competency of language as well.

This is super duper true. My girl has to understand what the question is asking first then she knows how to go about solving... Heuristic questions might be more lengthy...

[RRMummy]

optimistforum:

Hi SAHM_TAN


I am struggling to get him to do somethinglike 2+ [] = 5. So I use fruit, marbles or toys. Just need to know what other parents do to teach subtraction.

HI,

Just to confirm, does he have any problem when the question is 5 - 2 = ?

If not then I think the confusion is because of the placement of the ? Then, what about introducing the Part-Part-Whole concept?

You know like the linked circles used to depict number bonds or even simple model.

Intro the concept that 2 is a part and so is the missing number. Then with 5 as the whole... this concept helps DD to handle bigger numbers up to 100..