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How can i teach maths at home - white rose maths

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rsa001 · 19/10/2021 09:43

My son is in year 4 (summer born) and isnt confident with his maths.
If i sit an explain and concept to him and give him a few examples he'll get it but forget it a week later. Problem solving questions are hard for him: tom had 20 gifts, he loses 5 and wants to share the rest with his 3 friends, how much does each friend get. he won't know how to solve it

Last year he asked me to order some of the white rose maths worksheets and we sat down 2 - 3 evenings a week and once on the weekend and over the summer he completed the bulk of them. Even though he completed the worksheets and watched some of the videos, its like he has forgotten them. He put alot of effort into doing the worksheets.

He wants me to order the white rose workbooks for year 4 but I am unsure how useful they will do, he'll do them but forget a few weeks later and become despondent.

How should i be helpping him with his maths - would Bonds books or cgp be better? or an app like doddle maths or conquerormaths.
He needs to learn the concept and practice and practice so he fully understands.

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BluebellsGreenbells · 19/10/2021 09:47

Move away from the books - he’s a visual learner

You need objects - try Numicon

But the reasoning - get some sweet get some LEGO figures

Use chalk on a wall, sing tunes tables, play games - look at Yatzee - times tables adding up etc, card games are also good
Real shopping bills - let him run wild he Tesco shop online … yeah right!

Talk about maths language at home, half, quarter, ml Grams get baking - look at water in tubes which hold more

Make it interesting and Dutch the worksheets

hattiejanequesnel45 · 19/10/2021 19:43

Hey @rsa001! I would recommend trying an app my child uses called Eedi. Their website is eedi.com.

My child used to absolutely hate maths, tantrums and all and since starting Eedi his confidence has come on in leaps and bounds. They teach maths in a super fun format, where your child can create their own virtual world whilst answering maths questions and they actually include some of white rose maths questions within their product I think?

Hope this helps!

Yellowmellow2 · 19/10/2021 20:00

@BluebellsGreenbells

Move away from the books - he’s a visual learner

You need objects - try Numicon

But the reasoning - get some sweet get some LEGO figures

Use chalk on a wall, sing tunes tables, play games - look at Yatzee - times tables adding up etc, card games are also good
Real shopping bills - let him run wild he Tesco shop online … yeah right!

Talk about maths language at home, half, quarter, ml Grams get baking - look at water in tubes which hold more

Make it interesting and Dutch the worksheets

Agree. Also, if solving a word problem, get him to draw pictures to represent the problem so he can visualise it better.
Rosesareyellow · 19/10/2021 20:28

If he’s struggling it won’t be useful at all to go through more year 4 learning - go back and work through some of the year 3 or key stage one stuff again to see where he starts struggling, work from there.
Learning to recall x tables facts is great - it’s not improving his maths as such but it does add so much confidence.

Homelearningmum · 21/10/2021 11:39

There is a useful booklet on this website which has examples and ideas for using visual techniques, items, personal things to help with maths (and literacy) learning: www.ed.ac.uk/clinical-brain-sciences/research/epic-edinburgh-psychoeducation-intervention/epic-resources

PeachesPumpkin · 21/10/2021 14:55

We used this for of children. They were very different abilities and both loved it.
www.whizz.com/

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