Parts of the whole...brownie! Understanding fractions

Okay guys, let's go back down memory lane for a little bit. If you will, when was the last time you thought about numerators and denominators? For me, it was like high school and it was traumatizing. In fact, understanding fractions can be a difficult subject for so many people out there, students and really parents alike. So let's get some help here. Judy Cohen is here with Lakeside Educational Services with a refresher for us and a simple way to work on it with your student at home. And it could be the youngest and it could be the oldest that's still going to school. Where do we start though? You would set off there like literally it's integrated as early as kindergarten, first grade, kindergarten, the concept. So many Children that I work with struggle with the concept of what a fraction is. They know there's a number here and there's a number here. But what does it mean? And of course it means parts. So the best way to show parts is to show a whole first and I'm all about food. So a whole pan of brownies, there's nothing missing. This is one whole one. Got it. Now we take another pan of brownies and you know Mr Cohen loves brownies, but he doesn't want me to bake them. So he ate two of my brownies. Okay, how many total brownies are these cut into? Come on, 12 12 12. All right. How many brownies are missing? I mean, I do. Yeah, that was a trick question. Yeah. 2 12 of this pan have brownies missing. 10 12 are still in the pan and you get to eat them all because these are for you guys. Okay. All right, let's talk about this. Well, I thought you're gonna struggle one out for us. I get one. You might get I'm sweating. I'm telling you, I was a kid in school all my life. I struggled a math. I can do an interview about it is equally as strong. Okay. And then we're so we're slowing things down. We are very basic here. Fractions are a numerator over a denominator. And please parents use those math vocabulary words. Okay, don't make them up. I did have a teacher tell me she teaches it by saying North Dakota over South North Dakota. Okay, sometimes kids can't remember that. Yeah, let's talk what it is. Denominator is the bottom number. That's the total total number of pieces. The numerator are the parts. That's the parts that are there or that are missing. And if you can help your child understand that you are on your way. Okay, that's the first step. So we're like in terms of like doing examples when trying to teach your kid, listen, this is new for you. Maybe new for me explaining it. How do you start in kind of approach that process with simple numbers? Take a look at the candy candy. Yeah, that'll get attention. I have how many total pieces? 16. Oh, you're good. Yeah. All right. Everybody knows Mrs Cone loves M and M's. Okay. What fraction of these total 16 are M and M's be 5 5 6 5 over 16. Uh huh. 5 16. Okay. Excellent. Yeah. Right. What fraction are ring pops? Looks like five. Same five as well. 5 16. Excellent. What? Put that back. What fraction are skittles? 6 16 66. Uh huh. All that it is. It's parts over total. But then you get into like dividing. We're not touching that. Okay, that's okay. That's for another day. That's where the next wedding dude. Yeah, for for also for dads like myself of a son who's going into fifth grade and he had to do this and I had to reacquaint myself with a lot of the basics with the vocabulary the teachers are using because math curriculums change in every school. Learn to talk the math program. So yes, dividing fractions is tough and we will get to that. However, let's take a look at our school supplies. How many total school supplies? You've got 10. What fraction of those school supplies are sticky? 3 10? Probably about the glue. The sticky notes? Sticky. I didn't say no. It's I said sticky. Oh, sticky. Okay. Trick question, right? No kidding about it. Write the fraction down. Okay. All right. Sticky. I guess one 10. Brian. Yeah. What fraction of those school supplies can I cut with? Write your fraction down. I see one. So am I correct in saying that? I'm not gonna tell you. Is there a razor blade in there? Looks like there's only one. No, I'm safe. There's only okay. There's only. All right. So what fraction are sticky? 1 10. Sticky is 1234. What fraction of these are sticky? See, this is what I'm talking about. 3 over 10. She'll get you. Which fraction are sticky? There's a glue is included. Am I not ready? So you include? Okay. 4 4. I didn't. You got it. You got it. You got it. 4 10. 4 over 10. You're making me slow. I don't know. You're already to the next phase of what I think you're getting at, which is the addition to it. So Donovan, flip your whiteboard once. So flip your whiteboard so we can see the numbers on there. Well, look at that. And how are we going to add? This is the part that this is okay. Put the addition sign here, right? Right. Now, what are you adding together? I've done. Doesn't the denominator? Well, slide it over. 4 24 20. No, just kidding. Slides over. It doesn't change. I'm really gonna go back to elementary school. Okay, they done of it. There you go. I'm gonna thank my son, Charles, because he had to go through this in the last two years. So that's the only reason I would have known that you only add the numerators. Remember, I'm not talking about the top number. I'm calling it a numerator. I literally forgot about how to. Well, you know, I have some sessions open this summer. Well, I might need to sign up. Okay, so what? Wait, I want to go with my reading fingers. I love these. I use these to read with kids. Okay, how many total reading fingers do I have? Brian? Now you have six, right? Right. How many are green? What fraction are green to six? Well, I'm sorry for I'm gonna get you on this one. We're gonna highlight a green. Okay, so this do you take this when I how many are left? How many? 55. So what's the fraction for those reading fingers that are green? Five. Green 56. There you go. And I'm gonna add one more six. And guess what? I get the total, which is one, right? Any number over itself is gonna equal one. Okay, just love this. We just want ourselves a brownie. You just want yourself brownie. We can get a hold of you. How again? Lakeside educational services at gmail dot com. Well, let me write that down. Remember, keep your child's brain active academically as well as physically over the summer. Thank you, Judy. Always great city. What? It's been so insightful. It's been a while. You guys are great. All righty, we're coming down into the release of the Odyssey Geno's and next fractions with some new movies you may want to check out.