Help Your Child with Addition and Subtraction Article Archive
Tips on how to help your child learn addition and subtraction skills. Find even more on building math skills at home.
- Turn Boring Road Trips Into Fun Math LessonsAdults use math to plan trips all the time.
- Tips for Learning Math FactsEven the youngest child today knows how to use a calculator. But it's still important to be able to do math problems without one.
- Challenge Your Child to a Game of "Expensive Words"Here’s a fun way to motivate your child to practice addition (and spelling).
- Flash Cards for Math Fact FamiliesSometimes, math facts come in families. When children are learning that 7 + 5 = 12, it’s just as easy to learn that 5 + 7 also equals 12.
- Recognizing Patterns Reinforces Basic Math FactsTo move to higher math, your child will have to have some basic math facts memorized.
- "Trading for 10s" Game Makes Arithmetic FunThis game will make learning to add and subtract fun.
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