Apart from math buffs, the subject carries a frightful record for being difficult and tedious. However, have you wondered if it is actually true, or is it precisely because math is taught in a stodgy manner?
Now there is no wonder math is an important topic, and numbers are the foundation of math. Thus, we are here to familiarize you with a fantastic way to teach counting concepts in particular that will excite math buffs and its undeniable lovers.
Count on us and discover some of the best number-counting jokes and add them to your joke toolbelt to teach them with a chuckle or two, even those who aren’t obsessed with numbers.
Just like some fun math jokes, a bunch of counting jokes can also make the whole inculcation process a fun ride.
Teach counting with little chuckles
While there are countless counting games, and manipulatives that can help students absorb counting, however, it cannot be denied that, counting numbers for kids who have just begun learning math can be challenging. However, if you refine your teaching strategies and include the missing fun elements you can enhance the plot and engage your difficult learner. Check the counting jokes below and include those in your teaching plan:
1. What are ten items you can count on?
Your fingers.
2. What does zero always envy of eight?
His belt
3. A teacher asked the two fours why they skipped lunch.
They replied: they already eight (ate).
4. Can we make seven an even number?
Yes, just take off its’ S.’
5. Ever wondered what’s always odd?
Every other number.
6. A company hired an odd man to do six jobs.
When they asked, he’d only done jobs one, three, and five.
7. Any idea why the quarter never rolls down the mountain along with the nickel?
Maybe because the quarter always has more cents.
8. Are we not even?
Because we couldn’t find our one.
9. The books at Math and English book talking; do you know what math told the English book?
It said you could count on me.
10. What is common between a calculator and a dog?
They are only friends that you can count on.
11. Did you hear mathematicians know math has negativity?
Yes, because it has negative numbers.
12. Minus sign met positive sign and asked are you sure I make a difference?
The positive sign replied, “I am positive.”
13. What do people call number 1 and number 9 when they get married?
What an odd couple.
14. A math teacher is always suspicious of prime numbers.
They are all odd.
15. Students always trust their abacus, you know why?
The abacus helps you count and find the one.
16. Can you never trust a math teacher?
Because they are constantly calculating.
17. What is 2N plus 2N?
No idea, sounds 4N (foriegn) to me.
18. Why is the Math book crying?
Because it can count its problem
19. Why is six afraid of seven?
Because seven eight (ate) nine.
20. An equal sign is the most humble sign.
Probably because it knows that it wasn’t greater than or less than anyone else.
Development through humor in learning
Making students giggle during lessons would not have been regarded as official or required. The most significant way to establish a learning environment suitable for children with disabilities would be to create an inspiring setting, notwithstanding the necessity of including humor in teaching tactics.
There’s a reason why they say that the best medicine is laughing. Children with a sense of humor tend to be more resilient, self-aware, and capable of critical thought. Moreover, a child’s ability to tell or comprehend a joke demonstrates their capacity to analyze grammatical or even social constructions.
A recent study at Stanford depicts how humor activates a child’s brain and helps kids deal with anxiety because it makes it easier for them to relate to their classmates and learn about the world around them.
- Children under one experience humor through odd occurrences like parents making stupid jokes or playing peek-a-boo with them.
- Children begin to find humor in language at the age of two to three. They can giggle at surprises, rhymes, and absurd speech. This demonstrates a command of the language.
- Ages three to five are when incongruity turns into humor. Children understand how the world functions, so it can be humorous when that perception is changed. For instance, a cow that oinks contradict their perception of what a cow should sound like. The ability to see incongruity is a precursor to critical thinking.
- Children above the age of five start to display an appreciation for various jokes as their interests grow. As language becomes more complicated, exaggeration, puns, and irony become more prevalent.
The purpose of employing humor in the classroom is to help deflect problematic situations and transform them into constructive energy with which the kids can identify. The goal of the teachers should be to get the students to focus on something productive. Instead of concentrating on punishment inside the classroom, the objective is to optimize the student’s learning.
Conclusion
These jokes provide evidence that math itself can be funny. These lighthearted jokes make kids smile while simultaneously piquing their curiosity on the topic. These are not only amusing but also ensure you learn challenging concepts in a slightly fun manner. Furthermore, it will be a hands-on approach to reduce the vulnerability of punishment and create a positive environment.
An engineer, Maths expert, Online Tutor and animal rights activist. In more than 5+ years of my online teaching experience, I closely worked with many students struggling with dyscalculia and dyslexia. With the years passing, I learned that not much effort being put into the awareness of this learning disorder. Students with dyscalculia often misunderstood for having just a simple math fear. This is still an underresearched and understudied subject. I am also the founder of Smartynote -‘The notepad app for dyslexia’,