Reordering in Basic Addition For Kids | Mental Math | Basic Addition for Kids

Reordering in Basic Addition For Kids | Mental Math | Basic Addition for Kids

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There are different mental math strategies for kids that help them in making the mathematical operations much easier. One of these strategies is reordering the numbers when it comes to basic addition for kids; choose the bigger number and keep it in mind then count the smaller one on fingers or on the number line.

Do you know what is reordering or what is its importance? When it comes to addition, counting on fingers or number lines is the two ways that kids usually depend on and that is exactly why they are supposed to choose and reorder the equation in order to keep the big number in their heads and count the smaller number on fingers or jump on the number line.

Reordering in addition is the process of choosing the bigger number in the equation, teaching the child to keep that number in mind, and then choose the smaller number and count in mind and on fingers or else jumping on the number line. Sometimes choosing the mind alone tends to be a little bit harder for the child and that's why they will need something written or seen in front of their eyes such as the number line (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn2YBpCIzis).

The whole idea behind number line is drawing a line on the whiteboard, starting with the big number that is already in the equation and then jumping the other smaller number on the number line. Always make sure that you are teaching your child to depend on the number line with the small numbers, from 1 to 6 only, in order not to make lots of jumps and get lost in the middle of the way.

The strategy of using the number line is one of the most effective when it comes to children, but it is only used with small number additions and not with the big ones, that's why it might turn out to be not much useful with specific addition equations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwNvOdwiqA).

In addition, reordering won't affect the final answer that the child should bring at the end because both numbers will eventually be combined together, unlike subtraction in which the smaller number should be always removed from the bigger one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsQHpE6D6PQ). On the other hand, subtraction could also be performed on the number line but instead of jumping forward, the child will then jump backwards.

Reordering is one of the mental math strategies in addition and this is one important thing the kids should know about when they are learning it. Reordering for basic addition is taught to kids at 4 or 5 years old and upwards.

The main purpose behind using the blank number lines in combination with the physical process of putting the number in your head is to show the child what they should be thinking about, what they should be visualizing in their heads. The more the kids use these blank number lines and put the number in their heads, the more they will be able to visualize it and the more they will be able to move on with that strategy and think more about those numbers as supposed to actually work with the written form.

To make it simpler for your child, you could start with counting small numbers on the number line, start with one, two, three and then keep going up when the kids get more used to it all. There is just one important thing to always keep in mind which is the fact that this is a mental strategy and that's why kids should always depend a little bit more on their minds and think about what they are supposed to do next.

There are lots of different mental strategies for addition and math in general that parents could use while homeschooling their kids and which we have brought lots of them on our channel which you could check (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWE2AzEsgU4).

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