Sorting:
Silverware~I dumped all mine on the kitchen table (no sharps) for my child to sort into "kinds."Leggos~Have your child sort into colors.
Small blocks~Sort into colors or shapes.
Cowboys and Indians~sort into people groups or even into poses.
Beans~sort out and count beans. Make piles of 10 or 5 or 2...count as you go...
Rocks~count and sort according to color or shape. SMALL rocks lol!
Fractions:
Paper plates: One whole place uncut~represents ONE.One plate divided into two halfs. I put the number 1/2 on each side.
One plate divided in four quarters. I put the number 1/4 on each part.
One plate divided in 3 thirds. I put the number 1/3 on each part.
I worked to each that the two 1/2's together being 1/2 plus 1/2 = 2/2 =1 I showed this! I did this will all the "fractions" (paper plates). We kept these in a zipperbag to bring out...
We made sets of larger numbers of items. I took 10 beans. I separated out 2 away. This made "2 out of ten" or 2/10ths. This is a concrete way to teach fractions on a very simple level.
Telling Time and Clock Face
I used a paper plate again to make a clock face with 12:00 and 6:00 in correct position. I put the 3:00 and 9:00 in place also. I used a brad and a construction paper arrows (one short and one long for the minute hand). I put the corresponding numbers, 1,2,4,5,7,8,10.11 where they belonged..and we counted each number by fives... We played ALOT with our clock... Make up simple word problems:
"Johnny needs to go to bed because it's 2:00. Show 2:00 on the clock face." AND teach how to write time correctly too...
I also eventually put the minute dashes around the clock between the numbers! We got THAT specific after the "skip counting" of fives was accomplished and understanding that a WHOLE hour is 60 minutes...
Addition Fun:
Add 3 forks to five spoons. They equal___________. We played and played.Subtraction fun the same way:
Four pencils take away one equals _________.
You can make up your own games and have fun "playing with Math!"
Measurements~Linear
I gave my children ALL kinds of rulers, yardsticks, measuring tapes! Some were collapsable, some fabric, some wood, plastic...anykind I could find to make measuring fun! AND then we measured anything and everything we could find. I sent my kids to measure things and even gave them lists. Whenever I needed something measured, it was a child who did it ;-)) it was fun! Today, they both know all about measurements~linear ones...but not only these!
Measurements~Liquid
When my son was young and also when I was teaching liquid measures...I went into the kitchen. I got out the measuring cups, spoons, canning jars~pints, quarts, 1/2, and gallon sized ones...cups, bowls... I got water and said, measure away! It was amazing how much fun it was to figure out that 2 cups =1 pint, and that 2 pints=1quart and so on...3tp=1tbs and 2 tbs-1oz...I was also able to teach metrics this way too... 1oz=30cc. 240cc-8 oz. 500cc=1pint 1,000cc=1qt or 1 liter... 2 liters =2 qts...whoohoo! SEE how easy math is one it's touchable!I hope this is helpful...with your very young child, sorting by kinds and counting will be most helpful at first...then teaching addition first...then subtraction. I used Abeka curriculum when they were K and first grades as well as these methods. As a matter of fact, we used Abeka in math until they were in 7th grade math. It was awesome along with all of our games. I also used a singing skip counting CD...that was Bible based. You can find it HERE !
Have fun with math~with your little and on up!
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