A Fun Way to Teach Area - Measuring Playpen

Age: From 7 years old (After your child has tried out the Montessori Short Bead Chains

Objective: To provide a hands-on and fun way of learning area

Materials:

1. Measuring tape

2. Paper and pencil

Directions:

1. Draw the playpen on a piece of paper

2. Tell your child that each cm represent a Montessori golden bead and ask him how many beads will make up the surface of the playpen.

3. Ask your child to measure the length of the playpen and write it down on the paper.

4. Ask your child to measure the breadth of the playpen and write it down on the paper.

5. Ask him to multiply length by breadth of the playpen to get the number of beads that will fill the table.

6. Tell him that this is called "area" in Maths.

Additional Information:

In continuation of the success of two days ago, we continue with simple area. J (7Y11M13D) was very thrilled and said this is one of the best and most fun Montessori Maths activity (it is actually not Montessori). I was very glad to be able to capture his passion and excitement with this activity and meeting him where he is. It is very simple area, and very simple Maths, but it inspired him to develop a love for Maths.

A Fun Way to Teach Area - Measuring Coffee Table

Age: From 7 years old (After your child has tried out the Montessori Short Bead Chains

Objective: To provide a hands-on and fun way of learning area

Materials:

1. Measuring tape

2. Paper and pencil

Directions:

1. Draw the coffee table on a piece of paper

2. Tell your child that each cm represent a Montessori golden bead and ask him how many beads will make up the surface of the table.

3. Ask your child to measure the length of the coffee table and write it down on the paper.

4. Ask your child to measure the breadth of the coffee table and write it down on the paper.

5. Ask him to multiply length by breadth of the coffee table to get the number of beads that will fill the table.

6. Tell him that this is called "area" in Maths.

Additional Information:

I noticed that J really enjoys using the measuring tape to measure things, so I thought of asking him to measure things in order to find out their area. I tried this with him today (7Y11M11D). He enjoyed this exercise very much, and he already thought of what things to measure for tomorrow's exercise - the playpen :-)

Time Tables Lotto

Age: from 7 years old

Objective: To help children to become more confident with their time tables in a fun way.

Materials:
It consists of 4 boards for 4 players and the associated cards to match the boards.

Directions:

Here is how you play:

Additional Information:

Daddy FECS and I played this with J (7Y9M23D) today. He knew all the answers from his board and could do all of them. We had a lot of fun with it. It is a fun way to help kids to master time table. It is more suited for kids who have already been exposed to multiplication and are finding a way to consolidate learning. We played the Game 2 matching equivalents. Next time we would play the Game 3 Bingo.

28 December 2016 (7Y9M23D)

 28 December 2016 (7Y9M23D)

 28 December 2016 (7Y9M23D)

 28 December 2016 (7Y9M23D)

We bought this fraction board game from Amazon:

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Drawing with Ruler

 14 December 2016 (7Y9M9D): Our Little FECS did this drawing in school using ruler. This is a fun way for kids to learn to use the ruler, and to have fun practising it.

His teeth has just fallen off 2 days ago.

Fraction Action Snap Card Game

It contains 3 rule cards and 52 fraction cards in 5 various presentations:

Here are the 3 rule cards:

There are 2 ways to play them: Snap or Pairs

 Here is how you play "Snap":

Here is how you play "Pairs":

Additional Information:

We played this on today. At first J was not keen, then we had a lot of fun playing Pairs. J likes playing Pairs better than playing Snap. It gave us a chance to practise saying the fraction in Mandarin in a fun way. Apart from 1/2s, which was easy for J, it was a good chance for him to get more practice with matching 1/10, 1/8, etc.

It is available from Amazon:

http://amzn.to/1SaVfP1