Alternative mathematics stories and teaching aids

Alternative mathematics stories and teaching aids

Alternative mathematics stories and teaching aids. Mathematics is widely used in our lives. Famous mathematicians in history have also made great contributions to our world. contribution. For babies, as mothers, we develop their thinking abilities. Now I will bring you some alternative mathematics stories and teaching aids.

Alternative mathematics stories and teaching aids 1

Not long ago, Wells applied for a job in a school to teach first-grade mathematics.

There is a student named Danny in the class who failed in the last exam. On this day, Wells was giving Danny a tutoring lesson. He pointed to the test paper and asked: "This question, what is 2 plus 2? The answer should be 4. How do you write 22?" Seeing that Danny was indifferent, Wells took it with his left hand. Two pens, holding two pens in his right hand, put them together, and asked: "How many pens are there in one ***?"

Danny curled his lips and said: "22."

Wells corrected: "No, it's 4!"

Danny cried angrily, turned around and ran out of the classroom.

The next day, Danny's parents came to the school. They came to prosecute him. Danny's mother asked Wells: "How can you be sure that Danny's answer is wrong?"

Wells said: "2 plus 2 equals 4. This is mathematics. It doesn't work." There are other answers!"

Danny's father was very unhappy and said: "How can you impose your own ideas on the students? Wait and see! p>

Soon, Danny’s father contacted the reporter and mobilized many parents to march in front of the school. Everyone held placards that read: "Let students make the decision!" "Protect children's imagination!" "2 plus 2 can equal 22!"

The principal reluctantly informed Wells that he Suspended unless he apologizes. Wells refused to apologize, saying he was not at fault.

The turmoil intensified, and even the TV station specifically reported the matter. In order to calm the storm, the principal held a press conference and publicly announced the dismissal of Wells. Wells was stunned and asked: "Why fire me? Just because I insist that 2 plus 2 equals 4?"

The principal shrugged and said: "It's a pity, otherwise this matter can't be solved, parents He said he was going to court!"

Wells thought for a while and said, "Okay, how about my salary for these two months?"

The principal said: " This month’s 2,000 yuan, plus last month’s 2,000 yuan, makes it 4,000 yuan.”

Wells smiled: “No! According to your opinion, it should be 22,000 yuan!”

The principal is stupid... Alternative mathematics stories and teaching aids 2

The six most useful mathematics teaching aids

1. Poker

Taobao Tao Ma, 32 years old, editor, son (two and a half years old)

We also discovered the role of poker by accident. On weekends or holidays, sometimes my husband and I would play a few decks of cards with relatives and friends. At the beginning I unconsciously held my son in my arms and watched. Later I discovered that my son was much more interested in poker than in other toys, so his father and I gradually and consciously introduced him to playing cards ranging from 1 to 5. Unexpectedly, the little guy soon became familiar with them. After learning the numbers from 1 to 5, he can also distinguish clubs, points, hearts, etc., and he enjoys playing such games endlessly. Considering that our son is only over two years old, we did not increase the difficulty. We just asked him to compare sizes between 1 and 5 until he can fully understand the size and addition and subtraction of 1 to 5. We are going to expand the range to 1 to 10. , through our understanding of poker, his father and I truly realized that learning from games and finding points of interest to learn is thousands of times better than our coaxing with sticks, and the price is so cheap, only a few dollars. .

2. Dice

Lele’s mother, 29 years old, civil servant, daughter (three years old)

I can think of the dice game because Lele must want me I bought her a pair of flying chess pieces in the supermarket because one of the children in her elementary class had one and it only cost five yuan, so she paid the price and left. As soon as I got home, Lele couldn't wait to lay out the chess pieces and play with me. During a smooth chess game, I discovered that Lele had an unusual interest in throwing dice, but playing chess came second. And because She couldn't see the number on the dice at once, so she had to count every throw, so the next day I told Lele, Lele, let's not play Ludo for now. Let's play with you first. Lele looked at me hesitantly, I rolled a 4, wrote it on the paper, and then handed the dice to Lele, Lele rolled a 5, I also wrote Lele's 5 on the paper, and then told Lele is 5 to 4, so Lele wins this set. In the first game, Lele didn't know what the concept of 4 to 5 was smaller, but when he heard that he won, he became very enthusiastic. It didn't take long for Lele to recognize the numbers 1-6 and learn the big and small among them. Now I am ready to Buy another dice and use two dice to play addition games with Lele.

3. Flashcards

Yangyang’s mother, 28 years old, company employee, daughter (2 years old)

The flashcards were bought by her family a long time ago. What’s the price? There are a few yuan, tens of yuan, and tens of yuan. I choose a mid-range one, choose a few pictures to show to my daughter before she goes to bed, and then ask questions the next day. I found that if it is a picture that Yangyang is interested in, the first She can always remember it the next day. If she is not interested, her answer tomorrow will often make me so angry that I am as loud as a duck. However, our family’s literacy cards are not limited to literacy, I also use them as currency. I often play a game with my daughter, which is to mark the various books with the number of flashcards. For example, for the book "Three Hundred Tang Poems", I wrote a big "3" and placed it in the book. On the top, I will be the book seller and my daughter will be the customer. "3" means three cards. In the first experiment, I just finished explaining the rules of the game and patiently told my daughter that the book contained three cards. As a result, my daughter took out a plate of cards and gave it to me without blinking: Mom, is that enough? I'll pour it! Later, after N times of training from me, she finally discovered the fun of being the "boss" (you can customize the number of cards), so my daughter has also developed from being illiterate at the beginning to being able to count from 1 to 50, and knowing how to add numbers within 5. Smart baby with subtraction.

4. Computer software

Xiaoping’s mother, 28 years old, financial staff, daughter (two and a half years old)

The first time I came into contact with it was through a teacher friend who borrowed It belongs to our daughter. She said she bought it for only five or six yuan. The content is about a little hero trying to rescue a little princess through various mathematical difficulties. Although the content is very cliché, the graphics are pretty good, and there are also prompts. My daughter was attracted immediately after reading it. The math problems in it are both difficult and appropriate, and you can know the answer simply by counting. , the sad thing is that it has to be calculated. I am obviously very interested in this software. I play this game every day after dinner, which gives me relatively more time. However, the biggest problem with this kind of teaching is how to properly protect the baby's eyes. After all, only the eyes are the windows to the soul.

5. Learning machine

Jiajia’s mother, 29 years old, lawyer, son (three years old)

Learning machine is also called early education machine. As the name suggests, it is for early childhood education. An educational toy developed by education, the price is usually more than 100 yuan and less than 400 yuan. Today's early childhood education machines come with a variety of functions, such as learning English letters, Pinyin, memory tests, counting, addition and subtraction, etc., and when children answer questions correctly, there will be a voice of "You are awesome". To satisfy my son's young vanity, some learning machines can even twist his body. The learning machine in our home now has a problem with the card contact, but my son has an accuracy of 100% on the questions on the learning machine.

One thing to note is that when your child is too young, don’t let her play with the learning machine alone. We just take it out for the child to play with when he is one and a half years old. As a result, he can only play with the learning machine when he can really answer the questions on the learning machine. Buy one.

6. Cartoons

Tiantian’s mother, 27 years old, full-time wife, son (one and a half years old)

Now let the baby master mathematics by watching cartoons There are many choices. For example, Hong Enla and Disney have made their teaching software into animations, as well as the domestic cartoon Blue Cat, the British "Teletubbies", etc., which have indeed played a certain role in the development of early children. , but cartoons are not interactive and require children to have a sharp response or watch them repeatedly to deepen their impression, so I usually buy cartoon VCDs for my son to watch at home, and control the time to deepen the protection of the children's eyes. I now find that my son's language skills have been greatly improved. In mathematics, he has a vague concept of numbers. These are all derived from cartoons.

Failed Mathematics Teaching Aids

The above rankings all condense mothers’ countless money and energy, because these toys are not the only toys that mothers buy. Through the children’s There are some useless toys or failed teaching toys bought by mom and dad on the toy shelf, such as:

1. Bead strings that can be used for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Bought back When Taotao was little, she liked to play with each toy for three minutes. When she got a little older, she kept this toy on the shelf and never looked at it.

2. Fishing machine

I don’t know if other children like it, but Lelezhong never counted how many fish he fished in one go (because he almost didn’t have the patience to fish). fish), just like to turn on the switch and listen to this noise.

Recommendations from "Baby Mother"

In fact, anything that can be used to count can make children interested in mathematics. For example: put beans and buttons into a paper box, and the baby and mother each grab a handful and count to see who has more; or when eating watermelon, see who has more seeds; or when helping mother peel edamame, while Peel one side and count the number of edamame in each pod of different shapes, etc. In fact, mathematics is all around us, let’s see if mom and dad will make full use of it.