Concrete meanings are learned by children much better than abstract ones. How to explain to a child what two-thirds are? The concept of a fraction requires a special understanding. There are some methods to help you understand what a non-integer number is.
It is necessary
- - special lotto;
- - apple and candy;
- a circle of cardboard, consisting of several parts;
- - crayon.
Instructions
Step 1
Try to keep the child interested. Play some special classics as you walk. If you are already tired of jumping into ordinary ones, and the child has mastered counting well, try this option. Draw the classics with chalk on the asphalt as shown in the picture and explain to the kid that you can jump like this: 1 - 2 - 3 … or you can do so 1 - 1, 5 - 2 - 2, 5 … Children really like to play and so they better understand that between numbers, there are still intermediate values - parts. This is your first and solid step towards learning fractional numbers. Excellent visual aid.
Step 2
Take a whole apple and offer it to two children at the same time. They will tell you right away that this is impossible. Then cut open the apple and offer them again. Now everything is all right. each got the same half of an apple. These are the parts of one whole.
Step 3
Invite your child to split the four candies in half with you. He can do it easily. Then get another one and offer to do the same. It is clear that you and your child cannot get a whole piece of candy right away. A way out can be found by cutting the candy in half. Then each will have two whole candies and one half.
Step 4
For older children, use a cutting wheel. It can be divided into 2, 4, 6 or 8 parts. We invite children to take a circle. Then we divide it into two halves. A circle will turn out perfectly from two halves, even if you exchange a half with a neighbor on a desk (the circles should be of the same diameter). We divide each half of the loan into half. It turns out that a circle can also consist of 4 parts. And each half is obtained from two halves. Then write it down on the board as a fraction. Explaining what the numerator is (how many parts were taken) and the denominator (how many parts were all divided). So it is easier for children to learn a difficult concept - a fraction.
