Math is probably the hardest subject in school. Many of you do not like math. You might have wondered why math is taught in schools. What is the importance of math in real life? What is the use of multiplication or division in real life? What will happen if we do not learn math? These are some of the questions that arise in your mind. You will be delighted to learn that math plays a key role in our lives by providing us many great things.
1. Math is an important subject. It is used in nearly all our everyday activities. You go to the shopkeeper and buy something. He calculates the total price and you pay him money. If you do not know addition then you would not be able to purchase anything from the shop on your own. You will need the help of some one to calculate the total price for you. By learning math you can solve many of your problems. You do not depend on others for such regular activities.
2. Your life is regulated by proper division of time. The time table in your school is made by using math. Even at your home you divide time for various activities. You make a routine in which there are different timings to watch television and do your homework, etc. if you don’t learn math then you may not be able to manage your daily activities properly. Math helps you schedule many things so you have more time to have fun.
3. Math can help you to calculate traveling time and distance. You can measure the distance from your school to your house and divide it with your traveling speed to find your exact traveling time. It enables you to count, add or subtract various amounts of things in your life. For instance, if you want to divide chocolates amongst your friends, then you must know how to divide.
4. When your mom or dad brings in something to eat, for example a pizza, you can give every person his or her share, by using math. You can do that by dividing the pieces of pizza for your family members. If you are four family members then every one will get two pieces out of the eight pieces of pizza. Math makes your life better by helping you out in everyday activities.
5. Math gives you the power to solve every day problems in real life. For example, your mom gives you some money to buy a pen and a notebook from the stationery store. There are various pens and notebooks at the shop that have different prices. If you do not know how to add the prices then you will not come across the right combination. You will need the help of the shopkeeper to buy a pen and a notebook that costs equal to the amount of money that you have. Without learning math you will face many difficulties while shopping.
6. Math creates confidence in you so that you can do your chores by yourself. You gain confidence by solving various problems.
7. Math fosters analytical powers. You begin to realize the truth behind every thing and how to solve a problem. You solve various mathematical problems in your school and this improves your problem solving abilities.
8. Math can help you in decorating your study room by using various geometrical shapes.
9. There are many products that offer discounts and extras in the form of percentages. If you know percentages, you will know the real amount of discount offered to you.
10. Math also helps you in making drawings. You can draw various types of lines and geometrical shapes that you have learned in math.
By: Kelly J Thomas
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10 Ways Math Makes Kids Lives Better
April 19th, 2010Thematic Learning in Action
October 7th, 2009Thematic or integrated instruction allows the teacher to integrate language, writing, listening, speaking, maths, science, art, music, dramatic play and culture into activities that are both meaningful and appropriate.
Thematic instruction is also designed to accommodate a variety of individual development levels, as well as individual differences and needs, and sets the stage for creative problem solving.
Planned in conjunction with a good understanding of children’s development stages, such a learning programme integrates the needs, abilities and interests of young learners.
The theme-designed curriculum provides an opportunity for children to share and explore meaningful experiences that are important to them.
Children enhance their thinking and learning when they make connections between one curricular experience and the next.
- Science And Mathematics Concepts
The children were encouraged to find out more about goats – their type and appearance, diet, habitat, life span and usefulness to humans.
One to one ‘correspondence and matching’ games were played, where each child was provided with a set of 7 picture cards depicting
the 7 kid goats. They were also given 7 flashcards numbered 1 to 7 and instructed to match the numbers to the correct pictures. The objective was to teach children to count objects up to seven.
- Language And Literary
After reading the story, the children discussed what they liked or disliked about the tale.
They were then introduced to some new words to add to their vocabularies, and encouraged to
write a few words from, or sentences about, the story on sheets of A3 construction paper.
The papers were compiled into a book, and displayed in the library/language corner.
- Learning Through Play
The young learners from this Early Learning Centre had plenty of fun pretending in turns to be a goat, a wolf, a baker, a miller and a shopkeeper. They experimented with different movements, tones and facial expressions.
Lots of excitement was obvious as the children made chocolate goats milk using Milo, as well as goat’s cheese crackers. The children also put up a chart to indicate their preference for either cow or goat’s cheese.
- The Benefits Of Thematic Learning
Young children naturally make connections with what they learn in their day-to-day lives. Trying to make sense of their world, they pull together
related experiences and ideas.
Through thematic learning, a child’s thinking continues to be stimulated. Through research, comparison, description, analysis and synthesis,
multiple opportunities for talking, reading, writing and creating are presented.
With opportunities to explore materials and work hand-in-hand with their peers, children immerse themselves in thematic experiences.
In essence, through a variety of interactive experiences, children explore the underlying theme, visit and revisit the topic, and support
their understanding through learning new facts and information.
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