MATHS

MATHS

Find numbers around your home and

neighbourhood, letterboxes, clocks, speed signs. Count forwards and backwards from a given number. Start off easy and progressively get harder and harder. Begin at 1, 10, 50, 100 Make patterns when counting, clap 1, stamp 2, clap 3, stamp 4, clap 5 Make up number stories, If I have 2 apples and you have 2 apples, how many do we have? Ask the number that comes before or after a given number, what comes before 7? after 12? Skip count in 2s, 5s and 10s. When this is familiar, ask your child the associated times tables. Discuss and talk about numbers ending with 9. What number is before? After? What happens to the number after 9? Practice the basic facts with your child. Use time connectives everyday: yesterday, today, tomorrow, last night, before, after Ask your child to predict what the weather might be like tomorrow, the day after (probability) Use positional language: on, under, over, around, behind, up, down, beside, heavy, light. Read recipes together and then make the recipe. Let your child measure the ingredients with the scales and/or measuring spoons. Read the car odometer and before driving add on the predicted km of the next trip. Talk about the sales in town, 25%, 30%, 50%. Look for the best value. Challenge your child to convert the % to a fraction. Budget pocket money and/or plan ahead to open a savings account. Run a balance ledger with money going in and out. Play board games together. Play outdoor games where scoring is required. Keep a tally of the points. Draw a repeating pattern (eg: kowhaiwhai).

Read newspapers where graphs and tables

are used. What is the information telling you? Tell the time with your child: oclock, quarter past, quarter to. Convert between digital and analogue time. Work out number patterns that you have created for your child, such as: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17. What is the next number ? What is the pattern? Create tables/graphs using programmes such as Excel or Numbers. Double and halve numbers to 20, 100, 1000 Create simple addition and subtraction problems. Provide a number for your child, such as 20, and ask them to record as many ways as they can to make 20. For example: 6 + 14, 10 + 10, 30 10, 2 + 18, 5 x 4. Play card games with your child. Make a pizza and cut it up into fractions. Talk about the days, weeks and months. Look at how many days in a week, in a month, in a year. Make a bead necklace with a repeating pattern. Do easy and challenging jigsaw puzzles.

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Inspiring Minds on the Journey of Learning

Remember... Learning at home should be fun and Be a role model for your child, show them
enjoyable. how you read, write and use maths in daily activities. Support your child to take risks, such as reading or spelling an unknown word. Praise them for their efforts.

Practical activities to help your child at home with reading, writing and maths

READING

WRITING

WRITING

Reading at home should be fun and easy,

something you both look forward to. Read a picture book to your child and discuss what is happening in the pictures. Visit the library together and help your child select a book. Read emails from family and whanau aloud. Play card and board games together. If there are any words your child doesnt quite understand, look them up together with a dictionary or Google the word. Read songs and waiata together. Ask your child questions about what they have read, such as: What do you think is happening? Why? How do you think the character was feeling? What might happen next? Read recipes together and then make the recipe (this will also assist with their maths measurement). Read the junk mail flyers together. Compare prices between catalogues. Cut out key words and may funny sentences with them. If your child feels comfortable, invite them to read to an audience (a brother or Nana). Read newspaper articles and magazines, especially on topics your child enjoys (eg: the sports section). Read articles and/or stories on the internet. A good place to start is www.stuff.co.nz Read a novel to your child, try a chapter a day. If your child is older, get them to listen to their younger siblings. This is a great opportunity for them to practice their skills. Get comics for your child to read (boys especially enjoy reading comics as it has smaller chunks of text). When reading stories, see if they can be related to real life. Have your child retell the main events of the story. Listen to audio stories or read Kindle stories

Let your child see you writing and how you

write. Show your child the different purposes of why you write eg: email, shopping list, greeting card Help your child write an alphabet letter, then go hunting through your house to find items that begin with each letter. Help your child to write each item. Practice writing letters and words on concrete using large drawing chalk. Allow your child to write the shopping list. Write your family members birthdays and at the right time, let your child write in the card. For birthdays, encourage your child to write the invitations or emails. Create a family blog and allow your child to contribute by posting photos and new updates. A blog could be a good way to share the family holiday or your childs learning. Write notes to each other and leave them in interesting places to find. Let them email, text or write to a family friend or family member. Set up a diary or journal, either on paper or on the computer. Encourage your child to write imaginative stories or news articles at home. Share and enjoy their writing with them. Talk to them about the ideas they have written and what information is contained within the writing. Play strategy games, word puzzles, word finds or crosswords. Write a Letter to the Editor about a community issue or topic. Take some digital photos, print them off and have your child write a story using the photos (5 photos is a good number). Have your child create their own comic using drawings and graphic design. Write descriptions about items you may wish to sell online (eg: a descriptive piece about the couch that is to be sold).

Cut words out of the newspaper and create Talk about interesting words with your child,
such as hippopotamus or queue, find the origin of the word. Make a short play together and help your child write the play. Send postcards to family members or friends from your home town. By interesting stationery for your child to use. Coloured pens and pencils can be motivating to write with. Talk about your trips, holidays and daily events together. Oral Language greatly supports the development of writing. funny sentences.

Helpful Tips When reading, if your child is stuck on a

word, give them a chance to think and have a try If its a picture book, encourage them to use the picture cues to help them. If they still cant get the word, tell them and praise them for giving it a go. When writing, if your child is unsure of a word, encourage them to try first. What sounds or letters can they hear? Praise them for the letters they have correct and the effort they have made. You could both check the word together in the dictionary or online. Reading, Writing and Oral Language are all linked and development in one, supports the growth and development in the others. Talk often with your child about daily events, experiences, holidays and trips. A strong foundation in oral language helps reading and writing.