Category: Math with Dad
Math with Dad: Decimal Decomposition
Activities Warm-up: Review grouping by tens. Using grouping by tens, identify the quantity, say, forty-three with 4 tens and 3 ones. Write the quantity as 43. Do the same with forty-two and forty-one, writing them as 4 tens 2 ones and 4 tens 1 one, and also as 42 and 41, respectively. Continuing in this manner,…
Math with Dad: Subtraction
Try some “take away” (subtraction) problems using physical objects (like the base-ten blocks or just fingers). Redo the previous activity while making connections with algebraic expressions. For example, “ten take away four equals five” can be written as $10-4=5$. Once the child is comfortable with the above activities (this may take some time and practice),…
Math with Dad: Decimals from 1 to 99
Readiness of the child: Child can count in tens Materials Base 10 blocks (units, tens, hundreds) Pen (pencil) Paper Activities (Let the child do as much as possible) Using a 10-block, let the child quickly collect ten 1-blocks (just grab units and lay them side to the 10-block so that you would have a “copy”…
Math with Dad: Counting in Tens
Readiness of the child: Can count to 100 Can write to 100 Materials Base 10 blocks (units, tens, hundreds) Pen (pencil) Paper Activities (Let the child do as much as possible) Explain the unit Count between 1–9 using units. Place the units on the paper, and circle around the units you wish to count. Write…