The Introduction Of Maths
February 1st 2009 13:45
She is currently enjoying playing games on the computer so I thought I would try the PC approach and purchased the Reader Rabbit Math Adventure for 4-6 year olds. We have a number of semi-educational and non-educational games and I thought she would dismiss it quickly in order to play her current favourite - Barbie Fashion Show - but I was pleasantly surprised.
I let her click her way through the game and levels and when she was not sure what to do she requested help. We also sat down together and counted coins so that she could start to understand the math theory behind the games. We had discussed the basics of plus and minus but her current understanding of math does not venture far beyond 1 plus 1 and 1 minus 1.
I really liked the software because it was easy enough that she, at 3, could sit down and play it herself without having to ask for assistance which is always a bonus.
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