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The Teaching Home E-Mail Newsletter #38
Information, Inspiration, and Encouragement
June 11, 2003
Cindy Short and Sue Welch, editors
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Table of Contents
15-Part Basic Skills Series: Math
Beginning Math for Your Young Child
How To Teach Math
Math Objectives
How To Solve Story Problems
Online Math Resources
8 Ways To Teach Higher Math
For Fathers
Flag Day
Recommended Resources
Kumon Math & Reading Centers
Software (Flashcards)
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15-Part Series on Basic Skills
by Cindy Short and Sue Welch, editors
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15. Math (#38) (This Issue)
Math
Mathematics reveals the consistency and beauty of God's
truth. It is used in measurements of fair trade, in scientific
studies, and for producing all that is necessary or helpful
to mankind.
Beginning Math for Your Young Child
There are several steps you can take to help your young
child make math an important part of his everyday life.
1. Hearing Numbers
* Let your child hear you counting plates, making change,
comparing prices, and measuring to show him that math is
2. Saying Numbers
* After your child has heard you counting for some time, have him
say the numbers with you.
* Teach your child to count by 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s.
3. Associating Numbers with Objects
* As you count blocks, help him touch each one.
* Pose a simple problem such as "There are four of us. If Grandma
comes to lunch, how many plates do we need?"
* Play games that involve counting such as moving his marker in a
board game.
4. Working with Numbers
* Let children help measure, double, or halve a recipe while
cooking.
5. Studying Math
* Make math a priority in daily study, early in the day.
* Minimize distractions.
* Stay with your child to help him over any hurdles in new
concepts.
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How To Teach Math
In order to teach math effectively and efficiently, we must
balance the different components of instruction:
1. Present Math Concepts
Use objects and situations encountered in everyday life to
show the need for math and how it works.
* Demonstrate number quantities and math operations using blocks,
measuring tools, clocks, coins, and purchased or homemade
manipulatives.
* Continue to use concrete visual aids that involve seeing,
touching, and moving objects.
2. Practice Math Mechanics
Practice the mechanics of math operations and procedures
intensively until your child thoroughly masters them.
* While he is still young, have your child memorize the math
(addition and multiplication) so that his recall is
instantaneous. These are the foundation for success in any
math work.
* Teach, practice, and review daily the basic math skills
(addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) including
fractions, decimals, and measurements.
3. Apply Math Skills
Apply math skills in everyday situations or realistic story
problems.
* Spend ample time and effort to make sure your child is able to
use his math skills in practical ways.
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Math Objectives
A group of prominent math educators has compiled a list of
12 components of math education they consider essential:
1. Problem Solving -- be able to choose which math skills and
procedures to use in order to solve a problem and realize whether
it could have multiple or alternate solutions.
2. Communicating Mathematical Ideas -- be familiar with the
language and notation of mathematics.
3. Logical Reasoning -- make a hypothesis (tentative
conclusion) and understand that even one counterexample (failure)
disproves a hypothesis; discriminate between valid and invalid
arguments.
4. Applications -- see how mathematics is applied by translating
everyday situations into graphs, tables, diagrams, or
mathematical expressions and interpreting these; use of
proportion, percent, direct or inverse variation, and ratio.
5. Reasonableness -- always check to see if an answer makes
sense.
6. Estimation -- be able to compute an estimated answer using
mental arithmetic and to decide how precise an answer needs to
be in a given situation.
7. Computational Skills -- be proficient in calculations with
whole numbers, decimals, and fractions and be able to decide
whether to solve a problem mentally, on paper, or with a
calculator.
8. Algebraic Thinking -- learn to use negative numbers, variables
(represented by letters), equations, and formulas; observe how
one quantity changes in relation to another.
9. Measurement -- be able to understand and solve problems
involving time, temperature, distance, weight, angles, area, and
volume.
10. Geometry -- know the terms parallel, perpendicular,
congruent, similar, and symmetrical.
11. Statistics -- understand mean, median, mode, range, and
deviation; know how to collect and organize data; know the uses
and misuses of statistics.
12. Probability -- learn basic principles of probability.
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How To Solve Story Problems
Because this skill is directly applicable to everyday life,
it is important to teach your child the steps involved in solving
a story or real-life problem.
__ 1. Read or define the problem; get a general idea of what
the problem is about.
__ 2. Draw a picture or diagram showing what you know and/or
list and label everything in the problem; decide which given
information is important and what information you are looking
for.
__ 3. Set up an equation or equations containing given information
and symbols that show relationships between known and unknown
quantities, using any applicable formulas. This most crucial
step requires familiarity with the language of math (e.g., 2x-3 =
x+4 means three less than twice a number is equal to four more
than the number).
__ 4. Solve the equation.
__ 5. Answer the original question presented by the problem,
giving all the quantities asked for in appropriate units.
__ 6. Think about your answer; be sure it make sense.
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Online Math Resources
General
http://www.math.com
http://www.gomath.com
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math
http://www.aaamath.com
http://www.aplusmath.com
Math and Aeronautics
http://www.planemath.com
Higher Math
http://www.mathgoodies.com
http://www.math2.org/index.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com
http://www.quickmath.com
Math Art Gallery & Games
http://www.math.kun.nl/knopen/art_gallery.html
http://www.coolmath.com
http://www.funbrain.comhttp://www.figurethis.org
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8 Ways To Teach Higher Math
There are several options available for teaching your child
higher math, whether or not you have learned it yourself.
1. Learn It Yourself First
As a mature and motivated adult, you may find it quite
possible and enjoyable to learn algebra, geometry, and more in a
fraction of the time it takes in high school.
2. Team Learning
and your child can learn together working as a team and
helping each other over rough spots.
3. Independent Learning
Your child can study independently, using texts that present
concepts clearly.
4. Correspondence Courses
These add accountability and feedback to independent study.
5. Coach
If your child needs immediate help, arrange for him to call
on you, a friend, a tutor, or even another student who can
explain whatever he is stuck on.
6. Learning by Teaching
Have your child teach you what he is learning. This will
help him learn better.
7. Textbooks and Workbooks
In addition to a good, solid textbook, consider using one or
more workbooks or texts from another source. Then if one does not
make sense to you on a specific topic, the other one might.
8. Video or Computer Programs
Math video courses that show a teacher presenting concepts
to a class can help an inexperienced teaching parent. Computer
programs may also be valuable.
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