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.