Number awareness is also a very important idea in the early primary grades. Talk about number - daily! Make how you use numbers in your daily life obvious to your child. Grocery shopping, baking, setting the table, playing board games; math is everywhere!
During the year, we will be focusing on numeracy and spatial reasoning; two key components of math understanding. To help your child at home, consider toys such as Lego and puzzles. Game boards where children must use game pieces to roll a dice and count off a number of spaces help teach children how to use number lines and checkers is a great way to develop spatial reasoning.
I also use the "Numbers Talk" program to help develop students skills in mental math. You can find information about Number Talks here:
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/inchinnan/files/2017/12/number-talks-for-parents-pdf.pdf
Ontario Grade 1 Math Curriculum
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/math18curr.pdf
Games to play at home:
mindfull.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/find-it-a-subitizing-bingo-game/
www.coolkindergarten.com/math/subitizing-adding/
frugalfun4boys.com/2015/08/30/lego-brain-puzzles/
During the year, we will be focusing on numeracy and spatial reasoning; two key components of math understanding. To help your child at home, consider toys such as Lego and puzzles. Game boards where children must use game pieces to roll a dice and count off a number of spaces help teach children how to use number lines and checkers is a great way to develop spatial reasoning.
I also use the "Numbers Talk" program to help develop students skills in mental math. You can find information about Number Talks here:
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/inchinnan/files/2017/12/number-talks-for-parents-pdf.pdf
Ontario Grade 1 Math Curriculum
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/math18curr.pdf
Games to play at home:
mindfull.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/find-it-a-subitizing-bingo-game/
www.coolkindergarten.com/math/subitizing-adding/
frugalfun4boys.com/2015/08/30/lego-brain-puzzles/