1. Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
St Edwards School, Florida CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel, Singapore
Coaching Children in Primary 1 Mathematics
Seminar for Parents
Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute, Singapore
2. Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
St Edwards School, Florida CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel, Singapore
Coaching Children in Primary 1-2 Mathematics (12-hour course)
28 January, 18 February, 10 March & 14 April 2012 (Saturdays)
Please go to Marshall Cavendish Institute Facebook or contact
ruthyaap@sg.marshallcavendish.com for details.
6. The rationale of teaching mathematics is that it is “an
excellent vehicle for the development and
improvement of a person’s intellectual
competence”.
15. Number Bonds
Number Bonds is
emphasized prior to the learning of
addition.
Children are given, say, 5 unifix
cubes and guided to see that 1 and
4 make 5, for example. Others may
say that 3 and 2 make 5 or 4 and 1
make 5. Yet others may say that 5
and 0 make 5.
Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics
25. Addition
Facts Facts
Addition are given
emphasis in the first six months of
grade one.
The children learn it in stages as the
textbooks distinguished between
Numbers to 10 and Numbers to 20.
Count On and Count All are used in
Numbers to 10.
Kindergarten Textbook
26. Addition Facts & Number Sense
While Count On and Count
All are used in Numbers to
10, Make Ten is given
emphasis in Numbers to
20.
Princess Elizabeth Primary School
32. Connections
Looking for Patterns is
Princess Elizabeth Primary School
introduced through exploration with
Shapes. Subsequently, this is done
using numbers – in a more abstract
context.
Make Connections to Generalize
34. Communication
Articulating one’s thoughts orally, at
first, and in written forms using
words, pictures, diagrams and symbols is important.
Maris Stella High (Primary) School
35. Visualization
Visualization is, among other
things, the ability to manipulate
visual images without the benefit of
concrete objects.
Children in Japanese classrooms
engaged in visualization using
pattern blocks.
36. Visualization
In the learning of Numbers to
10, children use square tiles to form
patterns of 3 and patterns of 4, for
instance.
Illustrations in textbooks were also
carefully varied to develop this
competency.
Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics
