How to teach a child how to teach children how to count
Teach a child a very important account, since this ability is extremely in demand in everyday life. Indeed, just think how many times in a day we count something. In addition, the calculation of mathematical actions in their entirety is inherent only in man. This is what distinguishes us from animals. The earlier a child learns to count, the more opportunities are open to brain development - an account "in the mind" contributes to this. In short, maths have a beneficial effect on the child's intelligence.
Parents are interested in when you can start to teach children to count? You will understand when - your child will tell you, starting to show interest in the account, and this often happens quite early. Specialists are advised to start training at the age of two. In three or four years the child is quite capable of learning to perform simple mathematical actions.
General recommendations
- account for the learning process quietly, do not wind yourself, since it is quite easy to teach the child how to read;
- do not let the child get bored, do not slow down the course of the session, try to interest the child;
- be in a good mood;
- by learning the account, the kid should touch the objects or shift them from place to place - it is noticed that this speeds up the process of assimilation of the material;
- , before each session, repeat the material you've covered, spending about five minutes;
- praise the child for success, but never scold and compare with anyone, do not say that someone is better than him - you risk for a long time to repel the child's interest in pursuits;
- do not stop there.
Where to start?
Account First, you need to introduce the child to the concepts of "one" and "two", gradually teaching his account within ten. Do not use figures yet. Consider what we, adults, think differently from children. We can manipulate abstract concepts, children can not do this yet, the names of the numbers for the child are just words, so everything has to be explained with an example. Show the child two identical objects. Pointing to one of them, say that it's "one", and pointing to both together, say that it's "two".So continue: first, teach the child to count to three, then to five, gradually increase the number of objects to ten, all the while reinforcing their words visually. Let it seem complex to you, for the child, all this will look very logical. This will develop the child's imaginative thinking, and solve the problem of how to teach the child to count quickly.
Rapid learning of the new favors the combination of learning with the game, so the kid will get into the heart of it without much effort. Try to come up with more and more ways to interest the child. For example, recount with it toys, fingers, or buttons on the shirt. It is important that the baby is practiced in the account all the time. It is best to use the time of walking for this purpose: there is always found what to count - trees, flowers, stones, cars.
Concept of zero
To explain to the child what zero is very important even at an early stage of learning the account, but not earlier than he learns to count to ten. To show zero in practice, you must first show the presence of the object, and then its absence. The item must be of interest to the child. Let it be sweets. First, put a few pieces on the table, and then remove them from the table, while saying that now on the table is zero candy.
Teaching addition
Teaching addition operations is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. Learning to count on a clear example, the kid realizes that with each ordinal number the number increases by one. When teaching addition, always use the same terms, for example "one plus three equals four" or "one add three will be four", but not all at once, try not to confuse the child with a variety of notations. And do not forget about the visual confirmation of the actions. It takes two weeks to fix the material.
Learn how to deduct and reverse the
Now your child is confidently folding and counting. It's time to train a reverse account. Clearly, this should be demonstrated like this: you start counting in the reverse order, and every time you call a number, you take one item out of the child's field of vision. Having mastered the inverse account, you can proceed to the logical continuation-subtraction. It is at this stage that the child is fully prepared.
Multiplying and dividing
After the time comes for more complex mathematical exercises - multiplication and division. You probably already taught the child to count to a hundred, and he has accumulated a decent database of information.
Multiplication is a multiple addition, explain it to the child, and everything will immediately fall into place. Also unobtrusively explain the division operation as a division into parts. It starts with dividing "by two", i.e.equally. Invite the baby to share the same sweets. Here it is also possible to explain to the child what are even and odd numbers( even when it can be divided equally).Once the material is understood, go on to more complex examples, divide by three, four, etc.
Numbers
The penultimate stage of training is to teach the child to correlate the number of objects with symbols, i.e.with numbers. Now you can use learning games with figures in figures, for example, cubes with numbers, where each figure is illustrated with a picture. Only after the baby starts to understand the numbers without errors, you can start to solve the examples on paper. Then it is necessary to draw an analogy between the words "equals", "plus", "minus", etc. with their written designation "=", "+", "-".
Score in mind
The last thing you need to learn is the account in your mind. At first the child called numbers and numbers, touched the hands of objects, thanks to this, he learned to count. But now, when the skill is obtained, there is no need. Let the child try to count all the more quietly and quietly and do not use the hand when counting, then let him only move his lips. Perhaps everything will happen by itself, but maybe you need to ask the child about it. Do not rush the baby - everything will turn out in time.
Great success to you and your baby!