I wonder if anyone can give me a pointer here...
DD1 is 3.8, and we have been playing at sums today. We were doing well (I thought) with her counters, with me asking her to count out a certain amount of counters, then add another amount, and work out the total, then I wrote out some sums on a page for her, so we could play schools.
My problem is that she had obviously memorised some of the sums - so she saw "1 + 1 =" and straight away said "two!" for example. I made her count it out using the counters anyway, thinking that she needs to make sure she knows that numbers relate to real world "stuff", if that makes sense, but now I'm thinking I should have maybe just let her get on with it.
Also, what do I do now - do I give her bigger numbers (we have stayed under 5 so far) or maybe start talking about multiplication and division? That seems a bit intimidating, but maybe it is precisely because she isn't scared of numbers that I should help her to be comfortable now?
She is asking to do sums, btw, I didn't think she would be able to do them yet! But then I am rubbish at maths.
Is there a good guide out there for early maths learning that is fun? She already does the workbooks that you can buy in shops - she prefers them to colouring books for some reason.
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Numbers on a page verses actual items when doing sums
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EvilEyeButterPie · 18/11/2010 11:34
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