Things You'll Need:
- diligence
- patience
- persistence
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Step 1
Incorporate math into their passion when you teach elementary math for kids.
When children focus they can accomplish amazing things and learn extremely fast. By embedding math into their passion, your child will learn math skills quickly and without even knowing it.
If your child enjoys soccer, talk about scoring goals.
Riding a bike? talk about distance.
Jumping rope? Count by 2's
Trucks and trains? grouping skills
The possibilities are endless. -
Step 2
Make math constant when you teach elementary math for kids.
Incorporate math into your vocabulary and daily conversations. Making math part of your conversations will demonstrate that it's part of life and take some of the "work" aspect out of it.
Being able to discuss math concepts fluently is important. Show your child that math is all around us and that it's approachable. -
Step 3
Teach them math without them knowing.
Teaching math to kids doesn't mean it has to be a lesson. Make math part of their games.
Count the number of times they go down the slide. Ask them to estimate the number of fish in a pond. Have them group things (division). Have them count by 2's, 3's, 4's, etc. (multiplication).
It's like hiding vegetables in their mac 'n cheese. Hide math in fun. -
Step 4
Teach math at meals.
You can play addition and subtraction games with the peas. "I have 10 and I ate 4. Now how many do I have?"
Have them estimate how many bites of dinner are left.
Estimation and problem solving skills are an important part of math for kids. -
Step 5
Ask math questions in the car.
You have a captive audience in the car. Teach math.
Some of math is memorizing. The more times you ask your child the same question the sooner he or she will have it committed to memory. -
Step 6
Use manipulative tools.
Fingers, blocks, coins, anything that gives your child a visual on how math works is teaching.
You can even create math equations including variables with cups and rocks. Example: 4 rocks + rocks under the cup = 10 total rocks.
How many rocks under the cup? The cup is a variable like "x" or "y". -
Step 7
Have fun when you teach elementary math for kids.
This is the most important thing in teaching elementary math to kids. Fun keeps them interested.
