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Aktivitas Matematika Orang Tua

Everyday maths activities provides a list of fun and easy activities to help children think about maths every day, including talking about maths in everyday life, playing maths games, seeing numbers and shapes everywhere, touching and comparing objects, and thinking about math problems. Some suggested activities include counting objects, adding and subtracting small numbers, estimating quantities, sorting and comparing by size, and making patterns with objects.

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Aktivitas Matematika Orang Tua

Everyday maths activities provides a list of fun and easy activities to help children think about maths every day, including talking about maths in everyday life, playing maths games, seeing numbers and shapes everywhere, touching and comparing objects, and thinking about math problems. Some suggested activities include counting objects, adding and subtracting small numbers, estimating quantities, sorting and comparing by size, and making patterns with objects.

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Everyday maths activities

Talk it, play it, see it, touch it, think about maths – every day!

A selection of fun and easy activities that will help your child think about maths – every
day.

Scroll down for a list of great songs, books, games, films, and websites for young children.

TALK IT

Point out the maths in everyday life, and include your child in everyday activities where you
use maths – handling money, shopping, cooking, and travelling by car or bus.

Talk about time - for example, how long does it take to walk to school/the park/the chip
shop? What time do you need to leave the house so that you’re at school on time? Explain
that you are doing maths.

Practise counting up to twenty, and backwards too, to higher and higher numbers, and
backwards too. Counting by itself can be boring, so encourage them to count things like
steps, jumps, bounces, (good for competitions too!), or clouds in the sky, trees, crisp
packets, lampposts, red cars, ants…anything!

To help your child understand what numbers mean, ask them to find the same amount of
different items. For example, find 3 spoons, 3 hats, or 3 socks.

Talk about the shape and size of objects, e.g. big car, little car, round ball, square table,
rectangular book, and ask them questions like ‘pass me the biggest box’, or ‘which one is the
smallest shoe’. Use the internet to find interesting size facts like tallest and shortest
people, or biggest and smallest buildings etc.

Sing counting songs, read books, play games, and watch films about maths – scroll down for
a list.

Use turn-taking to talk about time – for example, if they have a 20 minute turn on the
computer, and they’ve already used 10 minutes, how much longer can they use the computer
for?
PLAY IT

Play games with cards – players take 2 cards and add the numbers - the player with the
highest number wins. You can play this game with subtraction, multiplication, and division
too.

Create patterns – make up short dances, or rhythms using your body (e.g. clap, clap,
stomp, belly slap, and repeat).

Play with blocks like Lego or Jenga – encourage your child to think about size, colour,
shape, weight, texture, and create patterns and structures too. Ask them to
guess how many blocks they could pile up without them falling down and then build them up
to see if they were correct.

Play ‘I spy’ but with numbers or shapes.

Play with containers – how many socks can you fit in the box? Which container holds the
most sand/water/beads etc. How many sweets are in the jar? Ask your child to predict an
answer and then do the activity to see if they were right/how close they were.

Clue Game

Pick an object and give your child clues to that object by using directional language: up,
down, over, under, between, through, beside, behind, in front of, and on top of. Make
the game more challenging: give two or even three part directions e.g. ‘It’s on top of
the table and to the left of the magazine’.To make the game more challenging give two
part directions e.g. ‘It’s on top of the table and to the left of the magazine’.

Ask your child to design their own board game (and dice), and play the game together.
Afterwards, talk about what mathematical thinking, reasoning, or problem solving the
game used or encouraged.

SEE IT

Go on a shape hunt – how many circles, squares, rectangles, triangles can you and
your child find? Are they 2D or 3D? You can look for patterns and symmetry too.

Look for numerals...on doors, buses, cars, signs, at home, at the shops, on TV…anywhere.
Remember to talk about what the numbers mean.

Count anything – how many lampposts are on our street? How many houses have a red door?
How many packs of crisps do we have in the kitchen (and how many did we have yesterday)?

Put things in order – of weight, height, size. Ask your child to help you organise things
at home.

Play ‘I spy’ but with numbers or shapes.


TOUCH IT

Play with things like shells, bottle tops, beads, Lego - and compare them. These things are
great for making patterns too.

Put things in order – of weight, height, size. Ask your child to help you organise things at
home.

Make patterns with objects, colouring pencils, paint or play-dough.

Build structures with Duplo, Lego, or cardboard boxes.

Ask your child to help you measure out ingredients/set the timer when you are cooking.

When you eat food that can be shared, like pizza, crisps, cake, berries etc…, and your child
to help you share it equally with whoever’s eating.

THINK IT

Estimate – at the shops ask your child to estimate how much 2 or 3 items will come to, or
how much more food you’ll need if extra people come for tea.

Play ‘Think of a number’ – you think of a number between 0-10, and they have to guess. They
can ask questions like ‘is it less than 5’?

At school children learn to add and subtract in practical situations that crop up in the
classroom long before they start to write sums. You can ask them to help you to solve
problems at home, when you are working out ‘how many altogether’ or ‘how many more’,
such as:

‘We have 3 red apples and 2 green apples, so how many apples do we have altogether?’ or
‘We have 6 chocolates/oranges/crisps, if I eat 3, then how many will we have?’

When they need to tidy their room, ask them to estimate how many objects are on the
floor, then count them as they put the objects away – were they right?

At school children learn to problem solve long before they start to write calculations.

Ask your child to collect information and create a tally chart, e.g. find out the family’s
favourite animal or fruit etc.

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