Addition | Addition for Kids | KS1| Real Life Math | Maths Help | Education | Addition Games

Addition | Addition for Kids | KS1| Real Life Math | Maths Help | Education | Addition Games

Games are a great way to help children learn while having fun and making it easier for them to understand.

Addition is one of the mathematical operations that we usually learn the first thing at school, just after learning the numbers and knowing how to count (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jkrRRXgFq8) and that is exactly the same way kids are going through the process nowadays.

With maths, addition can be taught in lots of ways but we think that mental math games are the most effective because it gives the kid the chance to think, play and end up with the needed answer.

Real-life maths is the lesson we want to give parents through this educational video because it is one of the important steps that should be taken when it comes to homeschooling. The idea behind real-life maths is to use the math vocabulary within the day-to-day conversations that are built with the children in order to link the whole process to the life they are living and understand the reason behind learning how to add in the first place (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEQQl0u2Muk).

There are different examples to explain how to use addition in real life; you could let the kids count with you when you are buying something, saying for example that you want two eggs for the cake, three eggs for breakfast, and two eggs to keep at home, and then asking the kid how much would that end up being. If your kid already knows how to add, this will give him/her the chance to provide an answer and at the same time understand that numbers and learning how to add is not just in the world of math, but it is used in real-life as well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkqMQJMtCrQ).

At some point, using math in the everyday life situations will also help in the process of knowing how to add in the first place, such as showing the kids how they should count on their fingers, count the items if they are already in front of them or else use the number line or number square if there is a paper and a pen found near (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPZpOB5TIY).

Counting and addition are too close to one another, if the kid knows how to count numbers, it will be easy for him/her to add (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5gutmYmsaA). There are lots of addition games to teach your kids through using, it could be through using play-doh, Lego, building blocks, and lots of other games and toys that they enjoy playing within general during the day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roMEZv1OObc).

At our channel, LearningMole, we have lots of educational videos that could teach you different ideas and ways to use while homeschooling your kids and there are also lots of informative and educational videos for the kids who could watch to receive some new information about the world they are living in, such as those related to science or other general beneficial information.

Here are some of the links that you could check on our channel which are all related to addition to help in the process of homeschooling your kids in the right manner: Addition through solving the story problems (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeCEbvUvPEo), near doubles addition (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iice0r1z0JI), addition working with place value (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk4Z7NxnWkg), addition through number games (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3q7imQuRBQ) and lots of other ones which you will choose according to your needs and the lesson that you want to teach your kid.

One of the important tips that we always offer to parents while homeschooling their kids and teaching them math lessons is to be part of the game. While parents will be asking their questions, they should be also the ones who are supposed to answer some and while answering, they should sometimes trick the kids to examine their concentration and knowledge of math by saying whether the answer is right or wrong.

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