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Making Math Fun For My Child – Five Popular Tips
Have you ever wondered, “What is the secret to making math fun for my child?” As adults, most of us realize how important math is in our daily lives. Just about any job requires solving math problems of one type or another. Whether you are a farmer calculating crop yields per acre, a waitress adding up her tips, or a tailor figuring fabric needs, math touches all of us, every day.
So how do you motivate your child to do well in math class? It can be quite challenging to get kids interested in math homework, when they would rather be playing a video game or chasing the dog around the backyard!
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Math and the Nontraditional Student – Power Tips to Get Past the Math Barrier
Nontrads (non-traditional students) are those who do not follow the traditional path of completing high school and then immediately enrolling in college or university. They are often over 25 years of age and may have been in the job market or been stay-at-home parents prior to making the decision to pursue a higher education degree or certificate. Some attended college for a semester or two and then dropped out, only to decide later that they want to return and finish a degree. Some have been downsized and are looking for a change in vocation. Most of them share one common concern: getting through the math general studies requirement.
This is a valid concern. Math is developmental in that your knowledge and skills in math are added to in successive courses with each class being a critical stone in the foundation necessary for passing general studies math (often College Algebra or Finite Math). If you had a couple of bad years or if you have been away from math for some time you really won’t know until you try if it is going to be like getting back on a bicycle or getting run over by a truck.
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Home Schooling Your Child In Math ?
If you enjoyed maths at school – or since leaving school – you will probably already use mathematical language comfortably with your children and find that they understand basic concepts such as the counting numbers and simple fractions at a young age. Unfortunately, a large section of the population found school maths so confusing – or even distressing – that they avoid anything remotely mathematical. Fear of maths can put parents off the whole idea of home education. Yet parents who know little about history or geography don’t find this off-putting, as they usually expect to learn from books as they go along. Parents who are unmusical, or don’t know any foreign languages have few worries about educating their children themselves. But fear of maths is somehow over-riding, and becomes almost irrational.
If this describes you, your fear may be passed on to your children even if they are in school. If they see you looking in horror at their maths homework, they’re unlikely to be inspired and confident! So whether or not you’re considering home education for your children, it’s worth re-thinking your whole attitude to maths.
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