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Math Help - Top 5 Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Add TutorGiant.com Many educators believe that addition is the backbone to mathematics, that is, everything in math evolves from addition. Learning to add is probably the first math skill your child will learn in school. Addition is a simple operation to teach because it can easily be taught using any kind of object such as fingers, symbols, toys, and food. Mastering addition is a good start to get your child interested in math. Your child can easily learn to add by good old fashioned practice. Here are the top 5 ways you can help your child learn to add. 1. Real life adding. Provide your child with real life addition situations like paying for toys or food and counting other cars on the road. 2. Adding at home. Have your child add the number of objects at home. He/she can add raisins and cheerios, toys, books, pieces of cutlery on the dinner table, and anything else meaningful. 3. Placemats. If you have the time, you can purchase an addition placemat at your local education store (our kids learned to add very quickly with their dinner placemats). The consistent exposure will surely help your child learn addition. 4. Calculators. Let your child play around with a calculator and try to perform some addition calculations. This will be fun and educational at the same time. 5. Computer games. There are many computer games that are geared towards basic addition. Your child will have learn and have fun at the same time. Addition can be done anywhere! Just keep your child practicing and he or she will pick it up in no time. Tutorgiant.com provides complete Addition lessons with worksheets. See some of the lessons in our video library.
ADDITION and SUBTRACTION - Lesson (A) Introduction to Adding and Subtracting (Grades 1-2) ADDITION and SUBTRACTION - Lesson (B) Adding and Subtracting Up to 20 (Grades 1-3) ADDITION and SUBTRACTION - Lesson (C) Adding and Subtracting 2 Digit Numbers (Grades 2-3) ADDITION and SUBTRACTION - Lesson (D) Adding 3 Digit Numbers (Grades 2-3) DECIMALS - Lesson (D) Adding/Subtracting (Grades 4-5) ESTIMATION - Lesson (A) Estimating Sums (Grades 4-5) INTEGERS - Lesson (B) Adding Integers (Grade 7) INTEGERS - Lesson (G) Additon with Opposite Integers (Grades 7-8) MONEY - Lesson (B) Estimating and Counting Coins Up To $1 (Grade 2) MONEY - Lesson (C) Estimating and Counting Money up to $10 (Grades 2-3) Time - Measuring Decades, Centuries, and Millennia (Grades 4-5) INTEGERS - Lesson (H) Order of Operations with Integers (Grades 7-8) DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY - Addition (Grade 9) PATTERNING - Lesson (M) Patterning Rules (Grade 7)
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