Math is fun
From my childhood I love
math. To find the solutions of math problems and think about it was my hobby
and challenge. I can remember that I spent a lots of time to get the solution
of different complex math and also I like it. Most of the people all over the
world especially for the women think that math is a very hard and complex
subject for them. But as an OCT certified teacher my goal is to prove that math
is fun for kids/children/students. As for my target, I always try to use many
different activities in the math class as per that grade level and also as per
the topics.
For example, in my
practice teaching in the grade 5/6 class I asked the students if they guess one
number in their mind, I can tell their exact number without asking them. So,
all the students' were surprised how do I do it? Then I told them this is not a
magic just have to do some calculation.
So, students' pick their
own number in their mind. Then I gave the instructions like “Multiply your
number by 2, then add my number 6, then divide the number again with 2 and tell
me the quotient.
When they told me the
quotient, I just subtract half of my number what I asked them to add and then I
can tell what their number is.
If one student
chooses 12 as his number, then as per the rules
12 X 2= 24, then add my number
is 6, is 30, then divide by 2 is 15.
So, student's told me the
quotient is 15
Then I subtract 3 as per half
of my number, then I get 12 which is the
student's number.
After I told all the
students numbers separately as per their different quotient, they wondered how
I did it. Then I explained to them that this is nothing but only some mental
calculation.
This is one example of
how the students were engaging them-self in the math activity with fun.
As a math teacher last
few years I am engaging with different age group children with numerous kinds
of math activities and math games as per their grade level. In my blog. I want
to add one fabulous website which I have using most with the students and which
will be more acceptable and benefit able for others also.
Cool-math Networks! This
sites got started way back in 1997 to make math enjoyable for people who
thought it couldn’t be fun. This sites covered all the grades and all the
curriculum expectations. They convinced millions of people over the years that
cool + math is an equation that make sense.
