Number Talks at Home
How to do a number talk at home
Watch this video (from YouCubed) on how to engage in a number talk with your child at home to develop flexibility with numbers and use different strategies.
Why strengthen children's mental math?
Mental math is an aspect of the Ontario mathematics curriculum from Grades 1-8.
Mental math strategies build on and extend students' understanding of number properties and relationships.
Fluency with numbers is a building block for learning more complex math.
Number tasks to use at home
Helpful tips:
Don't worry about getting the right answer (the videos contain the correct solutions). Parents/guardians can skip sharing their solution. It's about having your child talk about their math ideas with you.
If it's your first time, you can just think of the question and then watch the videos together with your child(ren). This will give your child a chance to learn how to share their strategy. If this works for your family, do this every time.
Once you're done your child's grade range questions, you can try out the other grade ranges! The questions are rich and span across grades.
Have fun and celebrate your child's math ideas/strategies!