“Why the hell anybody invented calculus? And where will I apply it?” I wish we could tell something convincingly about it right at the school level! Mostly, the subjects taught in school are preparing us for something which is going to be used in quite the distant future. Hence, convincing kids about the utility at … Read more
Please Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure (link) for more info. If you see children counting the chocolates or gifts they receive on Birthdays, you may appreciate the importance of teaching counting. As the count of goodies (their just-found manipulatives) increases, the grin gets broader. Have you ever thought about what is actually … Read more
We understand kids lacking interest in math. Lengthy calculations and varying logics might be the culprit here and it just adds up as they move to higher classes. Kids facing challenges in the early stages of the subject often have a hard time understanding advance level maths. Parents support in situations like these can improve … Read more
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What worksheets topics can help in learning everything about ratio and proportion? It is quite a valid question, especially when you don’t know what all we get to learn from the concept of ratio and proportion. We have done number comparison games in one of our posts. There we learned only about comparing on the … Read more
Please Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure (link) for more info. If you are searching for board games to learn division, you probably are not too comfortable learning it with conventional methods. And, that is perfectly, ok! You can have your own ways of learning math or any other subject. Difficulty with mathematical … Read more
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Why do I need to learn estimating division? My answer is – to pick the most realistic and reasonable answer from the options provided. Often we come across multiple-choice questions where different options are provided. By those questions, the examiner just wants to evaluate your estimation skills. In real-life instances too, the estimation proves to … Read more
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Numbers enter a kid’s life right at the kindergartener age. They bring along challenges like counting, number sense building, subitizing, etc. A very basic thing to do with numbers is to compare them. It is out of the number sense that a kid can find the smaller or greater of the two numbers, and understand … Read more
Children tend to count things individually or on their fingers; it is a basic skill. But, before developing this skill, they tend to count without counting literally. This sense of counting by sight is called subitizing. It prepares the students to guess the value of a given set before finding its exact quantity. Various manipulatives … Read more
Please Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure (link) for more info. Are there any manipulatives for teaching about money to young learners? If you are asking this question, you certainly have dealt with the discomfort in dealing with money, or have a child going through a similar condition. The answer is, thankfully, Yes! … Read more
Counting is a basic skill that every young learner is expected to master by the end of preschool days. The challenge is to know ways to make counting an easy-peasy activity for the growing kid. Some suggest manipulatives like number line manipulatives, which do have their own set of advantages. However, the need to have … Read more
