Both educators and parents know that mathematics is a powerful factor in the formation of a child's creative and cognitive abilities, as well as his intellectual development. The success of teaching mathematics in elementary school depends on the mathematical development of the child at an early age.
Instructions
Step 1
Start doing math with your baby as early as possible, because at an early age, the child's brain is able to absorb and assimilate a lot of useful information. Mathematical knowledge in later life will be useful for many professions, and abilities can be manifested on the basis of regular mathematics classes.
Step 2
Best of all, kids remember useful information in the game. Start by counting: walking in the yard, count fallen leaves, trees, bushes, flowers, etc., along the road - cars. For example, you count the encountered black cars, the kid - white or red, the one who counts the most wins.
Step 3
Help your child learn the concepts of “one” and “many”. When you meet a passing cyclist, ask him how many bicycles he sees. After he answers: "One", ask the next question: "How many cars are on the street?" Explain that there are many cars if the child is at a loss to answer. Give more similar examples. The seller has a lot of balls, and the girl has one. There are many trees on one side of the street and one on the other.
Step 4
Introduce the baby to the concepts of "more", "less", "length", "width". On the street, use the material at hand: cones, leaves, sticks, paths in the yard or in the park (wider or narrower), fences (how many steps take), etc.
Step 5
Hang math posters around your apartment: counting, numbers, multiplication tables, shapes, shapes, etc. At first, the baby will simply consider them, then he will become interested and begin to ask questions.
Step 6
On a large piece of paper, draw a house with ten stories up, ten down, and a ground floor (at ground level). Hang it in a conspicuous place so that it is always "in front of your eyes" and play with your baby. For example: "2 + 4" means to take an elevator from the 2nd floor 4 floors up; "2-6" - go down 6 floors. Thus, you can "kill two birds with one stone":
a) the child will quickly master addition-subtraction;
b) easily and naturally introduce such a concept as negative numbers.
If you attach the house with magnets to the refrigerator, then you can visually move the magnetic man across the floors.
Step 7
Swap roles with your baby. Let him turn into a teacher and you into a student. This technique is useful because it reduces the monotony of classes, increases the child's responsibility, helps to remember what you just need to learn by heart, for example, the same multiplication table. Sometimes give your child the wrong answer to the question in order to maintain the teacher's interest and "hunting" passion. By the way, after that he will be able to better remember the tasks on which he "caught" you, and will begin to appreciate his own authority of the "teacher".
