| Math can be a difficult subject for many students. | | | | assignments and let your children explore the real |
| Most children loose interest in mathematics, simply | | | | world problems to improve their mathematics. This will |
| because they think it's too hard. Parents and teachers | | | | show them the true value of math in their lives. |
| may find it difficult to motivate their students to | | | | 5. Get them to talk! |
| complete their math assignments. Here are some | | | | Encourage your kids to talk. Tell your child to solve |
| suggestions to help your students in solving their math | | | | their math problems by talking about the correct steps. |
| problems and overcome their fears: | | | | This will allow you to monitor what he or she is thinking. |
| 1. Encourage Them! | | | | You can detect the problem areas while your child is |
| You can improve your children's learning ability by | | | | talking his way through the steps. |
| providing them a positive environment. Many teachers | | | | 6. Everybody loves money. |
| often forget to encourage the efforts of their students. | | | | You should teach your children money skills. Your kids |
| Children should be appreciated when they correctly | | | | can use fractions and percentages to find out how |
| solve their math problems. Teachers should mark their | | | | much savings they have made on a particular |
| assignments, leniently. They are advised to keep their | | | | purchase. For example if your children went to a |
| tone and attitude positive, since children can easily pick | | | | movie that costs $30 and they have saved $10, so in |
| up signs of negativity. | | | | terms of fractions they have saved 1/3 of the amount |
| 2. Follow up on Homework | | | | or 33% |
| Teachers must ensure that children understand their | | | | 7. Telling Time |
| homework. If the students are facing problems then | | | | Teach your children how to tell the accurate time. Use |
| the teachers should properly explain the assignment to | | | | digital and analog clocks for this purpose. You can talk |
| them. Children will feel easy once they know what | | | | with them about, seconds, minutes, hours and days. |
| they have to do. Teachers can further assist by | | | | 8. Make Math Games |
| guiding them on what they should do the difficult parts. | | | | Learning mathematics should be a fun activity for your |
| They should be able to judge the students response: | | | | children. You can combine math with various games to |
| do they understood the problem or not? Children must | | | | make it interesting for your children. Other effective |
| be provided further assistance if they need it. Parents | | | | methods of teaching involve use of flash cards that |
| need to monitor the progress of their children to make | | | | test the child's math skills to help him get better in |
| sure that they are doing fine. They should encourage | | | | mathematics. |
| them for their good performance. | | | | 9. Use Computers |
| 3. Demonstrate the use of Math | | | | You can increase your child's learning speed by using |
| Parents can also use real life examples to teach math | | | | computers and various educational software. Today's |
| to their children. School going children can learn a lot | | | | children are much more familiar with computers than |
| from every day examples. Simply ask them to | | | | their parents were at the same age. There are many |
| calculate the money you have to pay for tickets, next | | | | computer games that involve the use of math skills. |
| time you go out to the movies. Try multiplying the | | | | Senior students may be interested to learn about |
| number of cars of two different colors. | | | | spreadsheets and calendars to improve their |
| 4. Real Life Math | | | | mathematics. |
| Explain to your children how they can use math to | | | | 10. Talk to Teachers |
| solve their problems. They should understand that | | | | Parents and Teachers should communicate with each |
| math is not about using simple arithmetic skills like | | | | other on a frequent basis. They should assist the |
| addition and subtraction; it is much more than that. | | | | students in learning the proper mathematics skills. |
| Children can use their mathematics skills to solve | | | | Parents can play an essential role in improving their |
| every day problems. They can find out how many | | | | children's performance by regularly communicating with |
| pieces of pizza you need to cut so that it can be | | | | the teachers. They can work with the teachers to |
| shared in your family. Just go beyond the daily | | | | solve their children's problems. |