How do I get my soon to be third grader to practice math before school starts?
by Toy Buyer on 30/12/09 at 11:44 pm
jerry w asked:
We have five more weeks of summer left and my daughter hates math. Everything else is fine however I can see her having trobule this year if she doesnt learn what she should have last year. I have bribed with treats or toys and even said you cannot do this or that if you dont practice im dreading when school starts
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We have five more weeks of summer left and my daughter hates math. Everything else is fine however I can see her having trobule this year if she doesnt learn what she should have last year. I have bribed with treats or toys and even said you cannot do this or that if you dont practice im dreading when school starts
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mom2anutball
Dec 31st, 2009
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Your the mom, just do it. Tell her she’s not going outside or whatever until she does it.
Do you work with her? You shouldn’t expect her to just do it herself.
Good luck.
♫♥ SAMARiE x0! ♥♫
Dec 31st, 2009
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You can make it fun. Think of things she’s interested in, and incorporate them into the studying. For example, if she likes Barbies, you could say, I had 8 Barbies, then my friend gave me 2 more Barbies. How many Barbies do I have now? If you can, make it visual, with 10 Barbies. Or, use candy. I have 6 MM’s, then my mommy gave me 6 more. How many do I have now? If she gets it right, give her the MM’s! You can do the same thing with subtraction. Just try to make it as interesting as possible.
Try to study with her for at least 5 to 10 minutes a day, since it IS summer. Make a study calendar out of a big piece of cardstock, including the date and how long she studied for each night. At the end of every week, count up the minutes she studied (let her do that part – it’s a little more help!!). If she studied for at least 30 minutes that week, give her a small treat, maybe some MM’s. If she studied for at least 60 minutes that week, give her a lolipop. Hang the calendar in her room, or on the fridge, if you can.
Just keep working with her, and once she learns there’s something in it for her, she’ll start to be more interested. If you do it every day, maybe before she goes to sleep, it will eventually become a routine.
Good Luck!!
liz .
Jan 1st, 2010
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Just sit down with her and help her in the areas you know she needs help with. Tell her if she wont sit down and work with you then she looses what she is wanting to do. Such as if she wants to watch tv instead tell her not till she gets work done instead. theres a great website I like to go to for Math for my boys its
Good luck.
XENAAA
Jan 2nd, 2010
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everytime she does a certain amount of pages and actually learns and understands it, reward her with someting small…don’t like spoil her, but i dunno take her out to eat to her favorite fast food or something thats what my mom did to me.
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Jan 3rd, 2010
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she can help you shop, cook, bake, buy gas, etc. the world involves math, so involve her in the world.
nicola278
Jan 6th, 2010
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I am helping my first grader with reading this summer and the way I avoid whining is to be very structured with it. We get up at a good, early hour, eat quickly and, after we put our bowls in the dishwasher we go straight to the reading table (a small table never used for anything else. I borrowed it from a friend for the summer.) We work for about an hour after which he is free. His friends are usually not even done breakfast at this time. (Fortunately my son is an early bird. If you absolutely can’t make this time work for your child pick another time but make it work EVERY day. Children learn best within a structured routine. )
My child knows it is expected and is going to happen EVERY day in the same way. He now accepts it easily. I try to vary the work somewhat and, in addition to reading which is less easy, I am letting him learn handwriting. That way, he will be ahead of some of his peers on one thing and he is really impressed with himself for learning something only third graders do.
Try sometimes to play games. There are some addition board games, etc. You can play the card game Snap using addition, subtraction or multiplication questions instead of regular playing cards.
For example 2 plus 2 and 3 plus 1 both give the same answer so if they were both put down that would be a snap.
Kids like games so that does help sometimes.
Try mad math minutes. (Google mad math minute) They are pages of math questions and you see how many you can do in a minute. At first they don’t do many but save the sheets (they start a fresh sheet each time. I wouldn’t be able to manage without my printer which is also a copier). Your daughter will see that she is answering more questions each week.
They start feeling that this early morning routine is worth it when they see they are getting better. (My little guy was so impressed when I showed him we had done nearly an entire reader in the first 3 weeks of summer break).
I made sure I started my routine the first day of summer vacation. That way it seemed like a great break to do a bit of school and then have the whole day free. I showed him how much shorter it was than his whole day at school. He was pleased then.
The complaints may get less as your daughter realizes this is a routine and you try to spend some days teaching and some days playing games. Good Luck
Mia
Jan 6th, 2010
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My third grader and I practice in the car. It will seem to be less of a chore of dread, when practicing on a short car ride to the store or gas station, swimming pool etc. Think of how much time you actually will get in over the summer.
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Jan 8th, 2010
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you could get her some workbooks at almost any store. they go by the subject and the grade. you could also make up some pages for her. Just write down some problems and tell her she has to do a couple pages before she wither goes out or watches tv, etc
Stormy S
Jan 10th, 2010
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Leave her alone. You are making the problem worse by hounding her about learning. You are going to make her **** math more and more until she won’t even want to do it in class.
fastplayer37
Jan 13th, 2010
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i used to think that doing a bit of school work in the summer was beneficial until i told his teacher. She told me something that really helped me. She stated summer was for kids to have fun and relax. Teachers are there for a reason and sometimes parents can really ruin thier interests if they arent good at teaching or the child learns alot and then is bored at school. This made alot of sense to me. Since then i dont worry about my childs weaknesses in school during his summer vacation. I do read to him still at bedtime and i try to get him involved with some type of recreational summer camp but thats all i do now. There is no stress and my son is enjoying his summer. I would just wait until she goes back to school to help her again. The teachers provide homework and can guide her with the curriculum that your daughter need for that year. Enjoy your summer with her and let her have fun and take a break from math. Not every good is good in every subject. She may be weak in math but excelling in another subject? My son didnt do that great in social studies but did well in math. He dreads social studies and so when school starts Imake sure i really help him in this area during school. I can understand summer school in highschool but usually in grade 3, the kids are so young still and need a summer break.
I hope this helped.
xakilegnasp
Jan 16th, 2010
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I agree with mom2…. whatever the weakness with my children, during summer I would make clear that one half hour is practice time and I would sit down with each child and work with them… there is no choice, you are the parent… if you do it with her, you can explain, supervise and you also spend time with her, I always praised them when they did a good job and never scolded if they did not understand, I would just think of another way to explain and teach, oh and try to add art into it, math and art are closely related, so it will be fun, visual and creative