Q&A - P1 Math

[jedamum]

sweetiepie:

can any parent here advice me how to explain to my child the concept of come after

e.g.
a)15 comes just after what number
b) what number comes just after 14

I faced this problem too a few weeks ago, but a few daily practices and my boy now knows.
I started by asking him if he brushes his teeth before he sleeps or after he sleeps at night. Before. Thenwe do some verbal exercises on before. Then move on to you brush your teeth after you wake up or before you wake up. After he gets the After concept, we do some verbal exercise on After.
Then we mix the questions. Whenever he gets confused, we go back to that two questions to reinforce before and after concept.
You can use a number line too.

[Steadyberry]

Hi


Few wks back, my dd was having problem with before and after. Now she is ok. Now I have a new set of problem: who has more than who by how many? Who has fewer or lesser? :?

How to explain? My dd will add if she sees the word more but it is not always the case.

Later I will need to teach them how to draw models as the sch has started teaching models to P1 since last yr.

[sembgal]

Popular sells model drawing books targeted at K2 level. You may want to use model drawing to explain and guide the child towards understanding the Math problem.

[Steadyberry]

sembgal:

Popular sells model drawing books targeted at K2 level. You may want to use model drawing to explain and guide the child towards understanding the Math problem.

Hi sembgal

Thx. I am using process skills in problem solving by fan-math. I just thought if there is a short cut way to explain, pls do share. I explained till my saliva dried up, think they are still not 100% sure.

[sembgal]

Steadyberry:

sembgal:

Popular sells model drawing books targeted at K2 level. You may want to use model drawing to explain and guide the child towards understanding the Math problem.

Hi sembgal

Thx. I am using process skills in problem solving by fan-math. I just thought if there is a short cut way to explain, pls do share. I explained till my saliva dried up, think they are still not 100% sure.

There is a method. Use real objects. Eg: plastic toys fruits, vegetables etc. use these visual to work with the child. Children need to manipulate with concrete objects to form an understanding of Math concepts. You can use small erasers too. For me, I get those cute small erasers to teach these Math concept to my child.

[Steadyberry]

Hi sembgal


Will try them out nx wk. Thx.

[sweetiepie]

jedamum:

sweetiepie:

can any parent here advice me how to explain to my child the concept of come after

e.g.
a)15 comes just after what number
b) what number comes just after 14

I faced this problem too a few weeks ago, but a few daily practices and my boy now knows.
I started by asking him if he brushes his teeth before he sleeps or after he sleeps at night. Before. Thenwe do some verbal exercises on before. Then move on to you brush your teeth after you wake up or before you wake up. After he gets the After concept, we do some verbal exercise on After.
Then we mix the questions. Whenever he gets confused, we go back to that two questions to reinforce before and after concept.
You can use a number line too.

Thanks, I will have to reinforce this concept with your method. I guess a lot of us face the same problem of teaching \"more than\", \"fewer than\" and \"before\" n \"after\" to our kids.
I draw out model n physical counting of item to show my girl \"more than\" n \"less than\" concept, she seems to understand it better with constant practices.

[sembgal]

You are welcome. You can arrange the concrete objects: eg, erasers in 1 row. Make small number cards and get the child to arrange from 1 to 20 first for a start. Now, ask the child, what number comes before 13? What number comes after 19? Treat it like a Math game. The objective is to let the child understand what is before and what is after.

[jedamum]

Steadyberry,

Your problem sum, reinforce step by step.
Get your girl to identify who has more and who has lesser. Write out ‘more’ on top of the name with more. Then the difference between the two number will be how much more or how much lesser.
Not sure if this is your query.
Maybe you can give a question example.

[starz]

Hi

I need some help here. My child is rather weak in maths. Right now for p1 they are doing add by making 10s and using ones to add. However between these 2 methods, she is very confuse and don’t understand n keep doing wrong despite I taught her many times? Any advice to help my child? Thanks