- SKIP COUNTING
(at 6-6.5 y.o.)
with various youtube songs/ cartoons - WATCH in youtube
2. Creating our own "skip-counting by 3's" song.
Watching other kids learning and singing in youtube was inspiring.
Creating our own simple music (do-sol-mi.. fa-mi-re), and lyrics - 3-6-9; 12-15-18...till 100,
recording our own video and watching - was very exciting.
3. After a couple of months - solving fun word problems -
5 boxes/ 3 hamsters in each box/ how many hamsters are hiding in the boxes?
3 times 1-5 was easy, 3 times 6-9 - at first Aleks was using her fingers to count - in order to calculate 3 times 7, she needed to count 7 fingers and sing her song (3,6,9,12,15, 18, 21...etc) later she noticed that 3 times 7 is always 21, she doesn't need to count fingers.
4. Learning skip counting by 5's.
Aleks enjoyed how easy it was, it's always ..0 / ..5 / ..0 / ..5 , she told she's ready to count up to1000... 5,10,15,20,25.... at around 230, she needed water, she couldn't talk anymore and told - "ok, etc, etc, etc up to 1000..." I was happy to see she has understood the idea.
5. Watching skip counting by 4's -
noticing that "ones" or "the numbers at the end" also create patterns - 4-8 / ...2-6-0 / ...4-8 / ...2-6-0
- COLORFUL MULTIPLICATION PRACTICE
(at 7-7.5 y.o.)
7. Listening/ watching/ SINGING / dancing with youtube -
HERE - GREAT MULTIPLICATION SONGS
Multiplication (singing, drawing, organizing stickers) became a part of Aleksandra's self-entertainment, and a convenient tool, when she needed to count (ponies, gifts, pencils, etc).
8. Watching and drawing RIGHT BRAIN Number Wheels - This was a thrilling task. She wanted to draw these patterns with me, and couldn't stop for hours, unless we finished all the patterns.
WATCH IN YOUTUBE
- WORKSHEETS
Here: Math-Salamanders