You are your child’s first and most important teacher. You can help your child be successful by talking about math in your daily life, helping with homework, and choosing activities like games and puzzles that help children practice basic skills. When talking about math, make sure your child can tell that you think math is useful, important, accessible, and interesting.
Below are some ideas about how to practice important math skills with your first grader at home.
At Home:
• Use the calendar to count up to or back from a special day, like a birthday or holiday. (Your birthday is on the 17th of April. Today is the 23rd of March. How many days until your birthday?)
• When counting large numbers of things, help your child group and count by 2’s (2, 4, 6, …), 5’s (5, 10, 15 …), or 10’s (10, 20, 30…).
• Ask your child to read the clock, especially one with hands. (We need to leave at 2. What time is it now?)
At the Store:
• Ask your child to help find the coins you need to pay.
• Ask your child to add with objects. (I picked out 4 oranges and you picked out 7 oranges. How many do we have altogether?)
• Ask your child to subtract with objects. (We have 10 apples. I think that’s too many. If we put 3 back, how many will we have left? or We have 9 apples. We need 14 altogether. How many more do we need?)
On the Go:
• Have your child watch for your bus or train. (Tell me when you see the bus with a 63 on it.)
• Count backwards with your child to count down, for example, to give passengers a time limit for putting on their seatbelts before starting the car. (Five, 4, 3, 2, 1, seatbelts on! or Ten, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, seatbelts on!)
• Talk about the time it takes to get somewhere or the times on bus or train schedules. (It’s 3:05. The bus is supposed to come at 3:23. How many minutes will we have to wait?)
• Ask your child to help make change for the bus, train, or subway. (You need $1.65 for the bus. You have $1.25 so far. How much more money do you need? Which coins would make that much money?)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Bridges in Mathematics, Math with your First Grader
Grade 1 Math Lab Homework Policy Complete Math Lab Homework Packets will be due every FRIDAY! Grading Policy ü ++ = 100% ü + = 90% ü = 75% ü - = 50% **Math Lab Homework Packets that are incomplete or late are not accepted (unless due to absence or emergency).
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Miss Griffin's Grade 1 Math!
Atlantis Charter School
2501 South Main Street
Fall River, MA 02724-2015
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