Useful maths enrichment

Nowadays, it is common to hear that parents complaining that their kids hate maths. This typically arises from the fact that they kids are not able to understand the key concept well and are kept being drilled with more questions.   I guess part of the reason drilling does not work well is because kids nowadays are more easily distracted by games and toys and also questions are less sraight forward. The following link on one maths enrichment center www.facebook.com/SeriouslyAddictiveMathsToapayoh might help to change things based on the things they mentioned about learning maths via hands-on experience for Singapore Primary student.

Interactive Video for teaching Singapore Maths Problem Sum

I always believe that the traditional way of drilling young children to excel in maths is not effective any more for various reasons. Below is a link to some videos that should help explain some key problem sums scenario effectively.

To me, I feel that 80% of problem sums are actually based on just a few key concepts. Once students get it, they do not have to go through tons of questions which they inevitably will try to memorize instead of understanding it. The following video for example,

 illustrates a common concept of problem sum comparison in an simple and interesting way.

Singapore Maths Bar Model - Part ( equivalent fraction)

This section talks about problem sums that reference two different fractions being equal. This key idea here is to present the two fractions to be equal. To do that, we typically take the fraction with the smaller numerator and 'split' it into smaller parts ( equivalent fraction by multiplication). This will help to ensure that both fractions have equal part and also of same size for each part.

Maths Bar Model Part 2 ( Transfer)

Maths Bar Model Tutorial Part 1

National Day Maths Quiz

Free Bar Modeling Guide To Help Parents

On of the key challenges for kid in maths in primary school is on bar modeling. As such, I have prepared a guide to cover bar modeling. Tips include basic structure of a bar model,  different types of modeling representation, how it relates to different maths concept ( e.g. ratio, fraction, add/sub etc), summary of the different types of problem sum bar modeling techniques

If you would like to have have a copy of it, please drop me a mail or post your message here..thanks!

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