Resources for Parents

How Can I Help My Child?

• Have a positive attitude towards the learning of mathematics. 

-  Try learning the new concept with them.  Encourage them to explain what they are learning to you.

• Help you child identify math they see and use everyday

- patterns, money sense, basic operations (+-×÷), proportional reasoning, unit rate (ex. cost for gas), shapes, tiling patterns, angles

• Encourage perseverance.  It is only when we struggle and think that we actually learn something new

• Ask questions to help your child solve unfamiliar problems rather than to show them how to solve them.

            - What are you being asked to find out?

            - What does the problem tell you? Can you describe it in your own words? 

             - Have you seen a problem like this before?

            - Is there any part of the problem that you already know how to do?

            - Is there anything you don't understand? Where can you find the answers to your questions?

            - Will it help to make a list, a chart, a table, a drawing, a diagram? Can you act out the problem?

            - What do you estimate your answer will be? Why?

            - Is your strategy working? Why or why not?

            - Is there another way to check your answer?

            - How do you know if your answer is right or wrong?