My daughter is having a tough time with fractions in school, and sylvan wants to charge me $50 an hour, Is there a fun way that I could teach her?
2006-06-09 16:27:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
All the people that are mentioning food are right on. I taught my kids factions by teaching them how to cook. Get her individual measuring cups and spoons and let her do the cooking. Get a black board and put it in the kitchen. When you do a recipe write it out "in math" on the black board. Teach her how to half and double recipes.
Here is also some websites on teaching kids Fractions.
2006-06-09 16:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by Raynanne 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yep, you can do a whole lot of different things. The pizza is a good start. Then move into bread...a loaf of bread cut into so many pieces...give her some and let her figure out the fraction of what she has. You can use money...which is also confusing to children. Shoes...each foot has 1/2 of a pair, you can do 1/2 with anything that comes in a pair. Pie, like the pizza.
go to:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/reflections/3-5/Fractions/
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/262.html
I searched "teaching fractions" on yahoo and came up with all kinds of hits. Good luck!!!!
2006-06-09 23:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by oman396 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suck at math, but I just wanted to say rock on! for being such a great dad! $50 sounds really expensive to me. Go online and see if there are any books on the subject that seem like fun. That's the best advice I can offer--I still dont get fractions!
2006-06-09 23:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by Sam3931 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you understand fractions then it won't be hard to teach her. Spend time every day so that she learns it and not just memorizes it. Avoid overloading her with information and frustrating her. Have her do a lot of practice problems. You can use things that have identical parts (don't start with money). Try simple things like a pack of gum, or (like someone else suggested) pizza. Good Luck!
2006-06-09 23:48:52 · answer #4 · answered by shedavco 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have an apple slicer, the kind that cuts an apple into six pieces? It might help to see how fractions make a whole.
Otherwise--perhaps you could apply to her sense of desire? Tell her you'll give her a fourth of a dollar if she does X, and see how fast she'll figure out how much she gets for certain tasks!
2006-06-09 23:32:10 · answer #5 · answered by Tray 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fractions were always easier for me when money was used as an example. Like dividing up fractions of a dollar.
2006-06-09 23:30:42 · answer #6 · answered by Jon's Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3-D objects are such a nice visual aid. Pies, oranges, apples, legos.... anything that can be cut/formed into equal parts will work great. When it's written on paper, and even when they have pictures, it can be confusing. Being able to hold the pieces, moving them around, and having her put them together to form a whole unit just sticks in the brain. Good luck!!!
2006-06-09 23:34:12 · answer #7 · answered by punchy333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's lots of info on line. Use things from her life that she can relate to. And if you don't feel comfortable doing it herself talk to your daughter's teacher. Quite often there are college students, retired teachers or working teachers who do tutoring on the side for far less money. GOOD LUCK!
http://www.math-lessons.ca/
http://illuminations.nctm.org/reflections/3-5/Fractions/
http://www.lessontutor.com/sv1.html
2006-06-09 23:33:36 · answer #8 · answered by Courtney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could see if there is tutoring provided at your daughter's school. My son's school has an after school program at no charge. Also, many substitutes and student teachers may tutor inexpensively.
2006-06-09 23:37:42 · answer #9 · answered by tamara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children learn fractions better if you do not associate them with real objects, such as apples and pizza.
2006-06-09 23:45:42 · answer #10 · answered by ScSpec 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋