Ideas to help children at home with mats

1. These things can help me at home – Mathematics
 Askme to helpwiththe shoppingbycomparingthe brandsof the thingswe buyto findthe
bestvalue formoney.
 Teach me a newcard game we can playtogether.
 Let me showyoumy favourite appwithsome maths init.
 Talk to myteacherabouthow I’mdoinginmaths andthingswe can dotogethersoI can get
evenbetter.
 Helpme practise the facts I’mtryingto memorise atthe moment - for example,forwards
and backwardsfrom100, the 7 timestablesordoublingandhalvingnumbersupto20.
 Askme to helpprepare dinnerandtalkto me about anymaths involved - forexample,
halves,quarters,litres,grams,temperatures,etc.andgetme to do any measuringor
weighingneeded.
 Teach me one of the gamesyouplayedon the marae whenyouwere young.
 Showme and talkwithme aboutwhatthe graphsand tablesinour newspapermean.
 Have a traditional gamesnightathome where the whole familyplaysaboardgame like
Monopolytogether.
 Tell me aboutthe gamesyouplayedwithyourbrothersandsistersbefore computersand
TV.
 Keepplayingwithme,andencouragingme,inthe hardgamesI’mlearning,forexample,
chess,backgammonor mah-jong,eventhoughI’mnotverygoodyet.
 Try one of the internetmathsgamesI’ve found,andtryto beatmy bestscore.
 Talk to me aboutthe mathsyouuse everydayand at work.
 Showme the familybudgetandexplainhow youpayall the billsandsave.
 Askme to figure outhowmuchchange youshouldgetback froma purchase.If I get the
amountright,occasionallyyoumightletme keepthe change!
 Helpme learnto estimate thingslikehow muchthingsweigh,how longtheyare,the costof
our groceries,orhowlongit will take totravel toa certainplace.
 Setup a rewardsystemat home to encourage me torememberwhatI needtodo.
 Make the pointslarge or small tomatch what I am learningatschool,e.g.a childinyear
5 mightget10,000 pointsfordoingthe dishesor758 pointsfortakingout the rubbish
and a rewardwhentheyhave 250,000 points.
 Whenwe are drivingorwalking,playLaunchpadwithme.Spota number,thenuse itas a
launchpad forseeinghowmanycombinationswe canmake thatnumbermake.For
example,there’sa12 on a letterbox,that's3x4,2x6, 10+2, 100–88, half of 24 etc.
 Have a lookinthe families'sectionof the NZMaths website foractivitiesandgameswe can
do together:http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/families