Date: April 16, 2011
First of all, go check it out! McGraw Hills is giving away a lots of FREE iPad/iPhone Apps. They wrote a lot of education Apps for kids. And some how it was free yesterday for a limited time. I downloaded all. Some is for primary schools, but its Free!
So, Jay Jay was playing this Math Addition game. So, in school, they taught him how to use the 2 hands 10 fingers to do the additions. Jay was very proud of it. But when it comes to 7+5 or 6+6, where does he come up with so many fingers to count?
Solution 1: As you can see from the photos, I used his favorite puzzles. Take 7 pieces puzzles and another 5 pieces, and then mix them up and count the total of puzzles in the box. So, he counted 12. And he was so happy!
Solution 2: Then, he says "PaPa, you do your finger 6", and he counted 6 on my fingers add on to his own 6 fingers, he got 12.
Teaching kids has to be creative, and have to let them think how can complete a simple task like this using things that is surrounding you. After this, I think I should go and buy an abacus for him. Just for fun and learning.
Happy Learning!
Learning maths is really interesting. Getting into a problem and then finding its solution is a fun. Maths used to be one of my favourite subject in school. Nowadays you will find many such online websites and applications on the internet which can be of great help to your children in reading or writing. I appreciate the application that you have shared. Especially if you live in Singapore and looking for a home tutor for your child you can contact with online website SmileTutor. SmileTutor is the leading home tuition agency for parents and students looking for home tutors. Our services are 100% free and we pride ourselves on successfully matching our clients with the most suitable and qualified tutors. Thanks for this beneficial article.
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