Q&A - P1 Math

[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

[plum-cake]

mceducation1:

Dear Steadyberry,

We understand that model drawing can be quite challenging for parents and children, especially when this concept is brand new. However, we too believe that exposing the children to model drawing while they are young will surely help them to have an easier transition to Primary 1!

We have this title that is meant for parents to guide their children with model drawing in Primary school, and we thought you might find it useful!

http://edu.marshallcavendish.com/catalogue/book/id=ff9069b4-376e-4f1b-b145-11433004d617/titleCountry=/iSBNTitleAuthorTags=/levelName=/subject=/typeCategorySub=/typeCategory=/#hook1

The title is available at all major bookstores.

Hope this helps!

those books are very expensive... each s$ 28+ unless if you can offer us a hansome discount...

[hellokittyspore]

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

For my dd, I start her off by understanding the concept using toy -> http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/549892239/Plastic_Math_Stacking_Cubes_QL_015.html.

This is how her preschool teaches maths as well.

[phtthp]

hellokittyspore:

For my dd, I start her off by understanding the concept using toy -> http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/549892239/Plastic_Math_Stacking_Cubes_QL_015.html.

This is how her preschool teaches maths as well.

Don't mind if u can share how you use the colorful cubes to teach a child addition ? Tq v much, for kind sharing.

[hellokittyspore]

phtthp:

hellokittyspore:

For my dd, I start her off by understanding the concept using toy -> http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/549892239/Plastic_Math_Stacking_Cubes_QL_015.html.

This is how her preschool teaches maths as well.

Don't mind if u can share how you use the colorful cubes to teach a child addition ? Tq v much, for kind sharing.

For number bonds, I will prepare two big card boards and provide my dd with the number cubes e.g. 5. I will request her to find the different ways to allocate the 5 cubes to the two given card boards.
For addition and subtraction, I will give her the cubes in two different colours for the initial number and the other number to be added/to be taken away.
I find it useful when I started my dd with ordering of numbers beyond tens. When I first introduced her to number beyond 10s, her understanding of the concept of tens and ones is very not good. I uses the cubes to show her the meaning of ones, tens, twenties etc so that she has visual view of the numbers. With the visual views, she can perform ordering in ascending or descending orders better.
For multiplication, I just need to increase the number of card board to allocate the cubes. In short, I'm letting my dd understand by visualise the concept. Hopes that I have answer to your query.