In this chapter, I would be talking about the most interesting and educative method of teaching your child Mathematics easily.
So let's get started.

Mathematics at the Supermarket

To enable your child put Mathematics to work in the real life, just take him to the Supermarket.
Where he will learn about volume, sizes, quantity, shapes and also estimation.

Ready, Set, Shop

Supermarket shopping offers opportunities to let children apply a range of
mathematics skills, including data collection and estimation.

What You Need

★ Pencil and paper
★ Calculator

What to Do

★ To help your child learn about collecting data, involve him in
making a shopping list for a
special occasion, such as his
birthday party.
As you discuss what
you need to buy, write out a list of
the items. Then review the list with
your child and tell him to make a check
mark next to each item that you name.
If you need more than one
of an item, such as cartons of ice cream, tell him how many checks
to make beside that item. Review the list with him and have him tell
you what items and how many of each that you need to buy.

★ Tell your child to select something he would eat for dinner a cake, a salad, tacos.
Let him also realize what you have already select so he won't pick twice. Then ask him to help you make a shopping list.
At the
supermarket, let him find each item on the list. Help him to compare.

Clip and Save

For letting your children show off their addition and subtraction skills and also the value of money, Coupons can be used.

What You Need

★ Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters
★ Grocery store coupons
★ Pencil and paper

What to Do

★ Show your child a supermarket
coupon for a product that he likes to
eat and have him count out coins to
show how much money the coupon
saves on the product. For example, if
the coupon is for 30 cents off a jar of
peanut butter, give your child nickels
and dimes and tell him to count out
three dimes or six nickels.
Give your
child all the coins and challenge him to figure out how many different coin combinations he can make to total 30 cents.

★ Ask your child how much money you can save with two or three
20-cent coupons. Show him the other coupons and ask him how
much money could be saved with each one.
Have him write the
amounts and then add them to show how much could be saved if all
the coupons were used.

Check It Out

Asking your child to calculate the cost of what you've bought and figure out the change is also a best idea to make your child practice mental Mathematics.

What to Do

★ As you wait in the supermarket payment point, let your child quickly calculate the cost of all the items you have chosen.
Tell him
that one easy way to estimate a total is to round off numbers. That is,
if an item cost 98 cents, round it off to $1. Explain that the answer
he gets won’t be the exact cost, but it will be about that. Tell him that
the word about shows that the amount you say is just an estimate.

★ After calculating the total amount of the items, ask your child: “If the items cost $17
and I have a $20 bill, how much change should the cashier give
back to me?
If the cost is $18.25, what coins is he likely to give me?

★ At the checkout counter, ask your child to watch as the items are
rung up.
What’s the actual total cost of the items?
How does this
amount compare to the estimate?
When you pay for the items, will
you get change back from your $20 bill, or will you have to give the
checker more money?

★ As soon as the change is given to you, give your child to count it in other to make him happy that what he had calculated is correct.

The End or Is It............. Yeah It is

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Happy Steeming and have a nice DAY

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