Mathematics - Learning at home
Developing a child's mathematical skills is a complex task especially because approaches to teaching maths have substantially changed over the years as we have learned more about how children acquire concepts. As you would expect, most parents would not be familiar with these changes and might still be thinking that the practices they experienced at school are still the best sort to use. Many common myths still persist about maths that can get in the way of parents effectively supporting their child's learning.
To help overcome this issue we recommend that before parents begin to work with their child, at home, they first take some time to learn a little about the sorts of practices and approaches that are now recommended. By visiting the "Numeracy at home" website. parents can boost their confidence, in relation to teaching Maths, and work with their child in a more effective manner.
To help overcome this issue we recommend that before parents begin to work with their child, at home, they first take some time to learn a little about the sorts of practices and approaches that are now recommended. By visiting the "Numeracy at home" website. parents can boost their confidence, in relation to teaching Maths, and work with their child in a more effective manner.
Here you can find information and advice that will:
- help your child to learn mathematics and numeracy at home
- explain the difference between numeracy and mathematics
- identify and address some common myths about mathematics
Sites we recommend and use to support students maths learning.
Here are a list of the websites we most often use with students or visit ourselves, as teachers, for ideas and activities.
Before going here remember to first visit the "Numeracy at Home" site to develop a clear understanding of what sorts of activities would be most valuable for your child to engage in. Doing this will boost your confidence and make learning with your child more relaxed and productive.
Before going here remember to first visit the "Numeracy at Home" site to develop a clear understanding of what sorts of activities would be most valuable for your child to engage in. Doing this will boost your confidence and make learning with your child more relaxed and productive.
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Khan AcademyMany students already have logins for Khan Academy. This site allows students to undertake self paced learning. The sites gives students pre tests to ascertain their skill level and then teachers them the next skill they need to develop. Most students from Yr 5-7 are very familiar with how this site operates and are skilled in its use
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Natural MathsOne of the major strategies we use to support students' mathematical development at Ardtornish involves presenting them with mathematical problems, linked to real life situations, so we can see how they choose to solve them. By "Kid Watching" we can discover what skills they know and can apply to problems and what additional skills they need to learn.
Here at the Natural Maths site, parents can view and select problems to challenge their children that are not "work sheet" based but related to their lives. Daily posts are being done to support parents. |
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NRICHThe NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners.
It contains activities and tasks for all math topics from F – 7 |
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Back to Front MathsAvailable here is a week-by-week parent-friendly at-home work program, complete with student activities, support videos, games and answers to commonly asked questions. We have designed this program so that children in all year levels will be learning similar content, with as many activities in common as we can. This should make it much easier for parents to implement when they have children in multiple year levels.
Link: https://www.backtofrontmaths.com.au/b2fmathshome |
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YoucubedF-12 ideas for Math activities
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Oxford OwlHere you child will have fun practising their maths skills with games, activity sheets, and videos
This well organised site presents activities for students rom F – 7. |
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Numeracy GuideF – 7 – Links to math activities according to year level (scroll down to the bottom of the page)
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Learning the Times Tables
Click here for a booklet that explains how to teach a child the times tables
Click here for a booklet that explains how to teach a child the times tables
