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Counting for Kids | Math Games for Kids | Math for Kids | Math Games | KS1 |Addition and Subtraction
Do you know that playing some maths games with your kids is considered the best educational method to help them learn? Counting for kids is the baby steps which they take into the world of Math and in this video, we brought some simple games that would help them in the process.
Counting is the initial steps taken in math classes because it proves that the kids know the numbers and know their order. There are different games that would prove the ability of the kid to count and in this video we are bringing some ideas related to building blocks and the tiny characters which the kids love to play with - that's of course in addition to using pen and paper!
To teach James how to count, Michelle first asked him to count the number of blocks and characters she held for him, which he did. This is important also because the kid will start to correlate between the thing he is holding and the number he is counting and that happens by moving the objects while counting.
The next game for counting is writing numbers on a paper and then asking the kid to count by placing an object on every single number while moving through it. Michelle wrote the numbers from one to ten and James managed to place an item on every single one while counting from one to ten.
There are different ways to teach the kid how to count through using the same toys and the same objects. From the other ways that Michelle used is drawing six different ladybirds on the paper and within every single one of them she drew a number of dots, the game was to ask James if he can see a ladybird with a specific number she mentions and he should either say yes and place an item on it or else say no if there is none.
There are lots of different ways to play counting with the kids, you could ask the kid to go around the house and find for you the items you are drawing on a piece of paper, for example five drawn cars, and every single time he manages to get one, he should count it.
It is important to play a game along with your kids while you are teaching them something and giving them a lesson because that way they will be more excited to try and more eager to learn. One of the ways Michelle always tends to use with teaching her kids is tricking them by either asking a question which its answer is nowhere to be seen in the game they are playing, or else give an answer to a question she was asked about that is wrong to see whether the kids will notice the wrong answer or will not.
Since we are talking about math and the lessons that we could teach the kids through using their toys, we have to say that there are lots of different ideas which we have brought before through our channel, LearningMole, and which ended up being successful when we intended to use them with our kids.
There are different aspects related to math, there is counting the numbers and there is addition, subtraction, division and multiplication, and every single one of them might have its own games and techniques which will all depend on the age of the kid you are playing with and the lessons of math that he has already learned.
As much as you might think that the game you came up with is enjoyable and the kids are loving it, you should inspect the results, see whether they are responding in a positive way or not and ask them if they are loving their time and what they are actually doing and playing with or not.
Try this game with your kid to teach him/her to count and tell us about the feedback!
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Hello, so the purpose of this video today is to really ensure that your child is
secure when counting to at least 10 but maybe even to 20.
The idea is that we want to start this addition journey on
a very good foundation where your child is actually secure
in relating those numbers to objects and actually those counting skills have
developed. So we're going to start with very
practical fun activities that you can just do with your child
using objects that you have around the house and what we want to do
is just really make it as practical and as interactive as we possibly can.
So we're going to start very very simply and we're going to start with
basic counting of objects. You want to choose something that your child
likes to play with so we like building blocks and we like moshing monsters in
our house so that's what we are actually going to
use. The main thing I'd like to say here is that's really important
is that you really want to actually get your child to touch the objects or to
move them as they count because you want to ensure
that your child understands that one-to-one correlation
that objects actually relate to a number and they're not just counting
randomly. So I'm going to ask James, my son, to be
our helper for the day. Is that okay? Say hello. Hello. And I'm going to ask you
James to do some counting if you wouldn't mind.
Yeah. So do you think you could count these objects for me? Yes. Okay off you go.
One, two, three, four, five.
So as you can see James is able to move those objects to a different location
so he's really starting to relate the idea that this object actually relates
to the number one, this object really relates to the number
two and he's got that firm understanding that
these objects actually do correlate and they relate to each other.
So what we're going to do then is we want to then once you've secured, you
can play lots of games like that with lots of different objects,
once you've really secured the fact that your child can
count, you want to then move on to starting to show them those numbers and
those symbols that actually represent those numbers. And what I've got here is
just a very, very basic number line with the numbers on it
and what I'm now going to ask James to do is I'm going to ask him to actually
relate those objects to numbers now. So we're going to think about
that correlation, the one-to-one correlation, now to actually relating
that to the symbol as well. So James I'm going to ask you, do you
think you can put some objects and put them on the number? Yes!
Okay, off you go. Oh dear, does one go there? Ah, perfect.
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
So again you want to be encouraging your child, that was very good,
to put those numbers, those objects actually on the number. So again they're
starting to see that those numbers relate to that amount of objects and
as you can see James was about to make a mistake.
Don't feel that you can't correct your child but do it in a nice fun way where
they don't feel that you're criticising them.
So again what we want to do then is then once you've done that you want to start
maybe playing some games with your child just to make it a little bit more
interactive, to make it a little bit more exciting
and things like bingo are perfect for that.
Again this is something that I have just drawn up very very quickly
and it's just some little ladybirds with different numbers on there,
just with a visual representation of the numbers and the basic idea is that you
give your child a little number card, you call out some numbers and they have
to find that number on the board and of course when they get to the end
they shout out bingo and they're the winner.
So we're going to do a little demonstration, do you think we can do
that? Okay James can you find a ladybird with
two spots? Yes, one, two. Good and do encourage your child to
double check if they just say yes I found two and put their counter on
actually take it off and say to them can you count, can you make sure
so that you are ensuring that your child does really get that full
understanding. James do you think you could find a
ladybird with three spots? One, two, three.
Brilliant, good boy. Do you think you could find a ladybird with
one spot? No. Okay and so on and so forth until they
get to the end when they're going to shout
bingo. Exactly, very good. This again can be used for loads of
different activities, you could use this card even
just for some matching activities. So what you could do is just get
some cards that match those numbers and hide them around the house and have a
hunt around for them and do it, time it or do it within a certain time
where you have to find them before your child and again that's a really good way
of just playing little interactive games and actually
getting your child up and moving as well. You could even have a little treasure
hunt around the house, we particularly love this in our house where you say you
have to find three cars, five suites, seven squares, ten circles
and again you can start to then bring in the other elements of maths by
introducing shapes and colours and things like that as well so you're
starting to hit those different aspects of maths but
really the main purpose of this idea of this video is so that you have fun
with your child, your child is developing that independence,
they're developing that confidence in mathematics
and also that you can be sure that they know that they can count to ten
and that you can then start to move on to the next step.
