Help with #*?# Math…
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Wow, what a way to come home… I was at a school meeting last night for Dev’s younger brother. He just started 6th grade Band, so I had to go the the introduction meeting. I left Dev and her brother home with dinner and a schedule. Dad was still at the office, but hopefully home before me. It is the first week of school so they have homework, but not too much…
When I came in Dad, brother and Dev are around the dinning table doing brothers math (an assessment to see where the kids are at). There was some basic algebra written in a way that Dev was familiar with, but brother was not… So Dev got to be the teacher for MATH–actually for ALGEBRA! She was So Proud!
So Math has not been a bad subject for Dev but not a great one either. She started with “touch math” (which is the way I think I was taught way back when) for addition and subtraction. Her visual memory made multiplication facts and fact families not so bad either. She will even to XtraMath for fun! Her brother was introduced to this webpage last year and it has been fun–here is the link: xtramath
xtramath–a great webpage for math facts
Doing some word problems on paper and ,as her brother discovered, some algebra is also a skill Dev has… But…
Money makes the world go round…
The never ending money issue is still there. Dev and a friend went to the movies. I went with to the ticket counter so I could attempt to make it a teachable moment… The ticket was $9.50. Dev had a $10 and a $20 bill. She could not figure out how much to pay or how much change she would get back with either transaction…. Somehow I have to figure out how to get the math off the paper and into real life issues. I know it has to be practice, practice, practice.
I guess I need to put into action a money system at home… maybe I can use real money and pay her for chores and she has to pay for meals or screen time…. Has anyone done this? I do not want it to be her allowance or money she gets to keep, more like play money for the practice…. I think I’ll try it! If you have experience PLEASE let me know!
