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Message 01.MATH AT HOME02.When reading stories, travelling, cooking/baking,walking, planning a party . . . ask your child...What do you notice?What do you wonder?What math lives here?Encourage curiosityClick here for more ideas on how toincorporate math into everyday life.foster positivemath identity03.Avoid sharing that you dislikemath or were not successful asresearch shows this can impactsuccess. Encourage the belief that everyone can be mathematicians andthat mistakes help us grow.Being good at math is aboutworking hard.Click here to read anarticle on math anxiety.Connect Counting toreal lifeFind opportunities to count toys,food items, trees, signs, money,distance etc.Count forwards, backwards, by 1,2, 5, 10, etc.Include your child in everydayactivities that include math.Elementary

06.MATH AT HOME05.play games04.Encourage children to playmath puzzles and games.Doing so, will help kids enjoymath and develop a solidsense of number. Share the fun in math!Click for: card games dice gamesPractice fact fluencyPractice addition, subtraction,multiplication, and division in thecar, while making dinner or whenwaiting for an appointment. Avoidassociating math with speed butfocus on strategy and using knownfacts. Speed will increase withpractice.What did you learn in math today?What new numbers did you learn abouttoday? Tell me about them.How does your new learning connect toyour life?What strategy do you prefer? Why? Can youshow me?ask good questionsMath Playground ElementaryProdigy