Mental Sum

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loyhuieng:

I realised that my girl who had just completed P1 this year is still very weak in her mental calculation. She relies heavily on her fingers. For example if you ask her simple addition like 7 plus 3, she still needs to take out her hand and use her fingers to add. I am wondering whether is there any enrichment which is able to train her mental calcution? Please help. Thanks!

Try to reinforce her foundation on basics of number bonds. I did this to DD when she was K2 and now P1. We did many many exercises and I always believe practise makes perfect, especially for Maths.

[JCL6688]

My Ds is going to P1 now… he also still use his fingers to add/subtract. Any parents think thats not enough, do they really need to learn abacus or go to Kumon to improve>?

Thanks in advance!!

[sean wife]

Hi mrs wongtuition,


How do you find the adult abacus course you took? Understand that there are a total of 11 lessons, are these conducted on a weekly basis? Was there a lot of homework to be completed at home?

Thanks!

[Yong HL]

Will kiddos really lose out if they do not take abacus?

[buzzmario]

Went to my girl (pri 2) pri school math workshop yesterday. was taught on mental sum ie, doing the calculation within min or sec. my girl still can’t understand is the thing. I suppose it need to take lot of practice to be really familiar with the mental sum. like to ask is there any web site or book that i can reference to? any advise on how to coach my girl.


thanks