Keep your eye on the ball
Have a child struggling with math facts?
Spend just 5 minutes/day throwing a ball back and forth, making up a multiplication problem (say, 6 times 9) as you throw the ball, and having your child give the answer while throwing it back. For example, you say, "Three times five" as you throw the ball and your daughter says, "Fifteen" as she throws it back.
Tip #1: If the answer is incorrect, do not say "No" or give the correct answer, instead make up another question to which the wrong answer is the correct one.
For example, if the response to 6 times 9 is 55, ask next time, "5 times 11." Give chlidren the opportunity to detect and correct their own math mistakes and they will be better math students.
Tip #2: When you feel that any area of a child's math needs to be stronger, use the ball, as it works all areas of the brain - tactile, visual, kinesthetic, and auditory - all at the same time
Five minutes with the ball beats two hours with a workbook any day.
This is just one example of the innovative and effective ways ShillerLearning lets children use all their senses and all parts of their brains to learn math.
