Go From Hating to Loving Math

How can I get my child to appreciate math?

Math is one of those subjects that some students love and are very good at and other students greatly dislike and struggle with. It may be more difficult to help a struggling child understand the value of math and teach them to appreciate math as a life skill. Here are some ways you can help your child understand the importance of math.

Money

 Most kids especially teens are interested in having and earning money. Use this as a teaching tool for math. Help them open a bank account and maintain a savings register. You can also have your child calculate interest and deposits and with drawls. If they are saving up money for an item have them keep track of how close they get to their goal.

Use math in everyday life

 Math is utilized in a variety of ways in our daily lives. Whether it’s looking at the weather forecast, telling time or even a shopping trip you can highlight the ways math is being used.

Share how you use math as an adult

 If you are using math in your everyday life for creating and maintaining a budget, following recipes, even tracking expenses and savings make your child aware. When they see you utilizing math regularly they will understand its importance in daily lives.

Point out careers that use need math skills

 There are obvious careers that require math such as accounting, engineering, and the sciences. However, math skills are a requirement for many types of jobs. If you are a business owner you must be able to track expenses and keep a budget. Real estate agents use math every day when making deals. Even a landscape designer or carpenter need math skills to do their job. There really is no job that doesn’t require some type of math skills.

By pointing out the math in everyday life you can get your child to have a better appreciation for this difficult subject. Your child may never be a math whiz or love doing their math homework however by having a better understanding of the ways math is used in life can help them do better. If your child is struggling in math call the experts at Mathnasium.