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Creative Way of Teaching Maths

This document provides 9 creative ways to teach math concepts to children. These include using drama, stories, technology, problem-solving activities, and play to engage students. Some specific suggestions are having students act out math problems, discuss math concepts they see in books, play educational math games online, and use blocks and pretend play like Monopoly to practice counting, arithmetic, and financial skills. The overall message is to bring math into everyday classroom activities and discussions to spark children's interest and understanding.

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Creative Way of Teaching Maths

This document provides 9 creative ways to teach math concepts to children. These include using drama, stories, technology, problem-solving activities, and play to engage students. Some specific suggestions are having students act out math problems, discuss math concepts they see in books, play educational math games online, and use blocks and pretend play like Monopoly to practice counting, arithmetic, and financial skills. The overall message is to bring math into everyday classroom activities and discussions to spark children's interest and understanding.

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Creative Way of

Teaching Maths
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Creative Ways to Teach Math
Here are some activities for your classroom to add a bit of sparkle and creativity.
As children work, ask critical questions such as "Did you try this?" "What would
have happened if?" “ Do you think you could?" to add children's
understanding of mathematical ideas
1. Use drama. Invite the students act to be in a ball (sphere) or box (rectangular
prism), feeling the faces, edges, and corners and to act out simple arithmetic
problems such as: ’’ Three frogs jumped in the pond, and one more followed by,
how many are there in all?’’ That’s the better way to explain 3+1.

2. Use children's stories. Share books with children that address mathematics
but are also good stories. Later, help children see mathematics in any book.

3. Use children's natural creativity. Children's ideas about mathematics should


be discussed with all children. Here's a "mathematical conversation" between a
Math teacher and her/his students . ‘’Think of the biggest number you can
imagine. Ask the student to write it on board and teach him how to add it by 5.
4. Use children's problem-solving abilities. Ask children to describe how they would
figure out problems such how many snacks they would need if a guest
were joining the group. Encourage them to use their own fingers or things(such as
books,pencils) or whatever else might be handy for problem solving.

5. Use a variety of strategies. Bring mathematics everywhere you go in your classroom,


from counting children at morning meeting to setting the table, to asking children to
clean up a given number or shape of items.

6. Use assessments to measure children's mathematics learning. Use observations,


discussions with children, and small-group activities to learn about children's
mathematical thinking and to make informed decisions about what each child might be
able to learn from future experiences. Also try computer assessments. Use programs that
assess children automatically.

7. Use technology. Try bringing the students to the computer laboratory and asking them
to play the games on some really awesome internet pages. (View next page)
www.practical_fun math.com
http://coolmath-games.com//

Internet Pages

http://www.mathplayground.
com/games.html//
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/mathematics/
problems__puzzles__and_games/
8. Use children's bodies. Suggest that children show how many feet, fingers, and so on they
have. When asked to show their "three arms," they respond loudly in protest, and then tell
the adult how many they do have and show ("prove") it. Then invite children to show
numbers with fingers, starting with the familiar, "How old are you?" to showing numbers
you say, to showing numbers in different ways (for example, five as three on one hand and
two on the other).
9. Use children's play. Engage children in block play that allows them to do mathematics in
numerous ways, including sorting, seriating, creating symmetric designs and buildings and
making patterns. Then introduce a game of Monopoly. Suggest that children pretend to buy
and sell property or other small objects, learning counting, arithmetic, and money concepts.
Thank you.
by,Puan K.Theeba

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