My son is 3 years and 9 months old. Recently, I feel that his mathematical ability has made a breakthrough. Specifically, he can count down the number within 10; Flexibly master addition and subtraction within 5; Basic operations of addition and subtraction within 10; The addition and subtraction above 10 can be calculated by physical objects.

As a mother, of course I am ecstatic! It is incredible that he can figure out from a soft little creature with his brain and become such a lively bald boy!

My son asked me to play card games with him on weekends. In the past, he would deliberately avoid arithmetic cards when playing, thinking it was too difficult for him.

When playing this time, a "5+4=?" The arithmetic problem. I read it to see my son's reaction. Unexpectedly, he reached out one hand and counted five fingers, and then reached out another hand and counted four fingers. Then he clumsily raised a useless thumb and counted all his fingers from the beginning. It is actually calculated and correct.

I was particularly surprised at that time, thinking that I had never taught him addition and subtraction, and I didn't expect him to calculate at this stage. The progress of kindergarten teaching is only a number within the index 5. So there is no addition or subtraction involved.

Suddenly secretly pleased, because the kindergarten class will have addition and subtraction within 10. Now it seems that this kind of homework will never be an obstacle and problem for my son. At that time, I probably didn't have to accompany me to do my homework hysterically.

Looking back carefully, the mathematical ability that my son can achieve now actually depends on one method and skill: counting.

The game in Mickey's intellectual enlightenment

On Children's Mathematics Enlightenment —— Question and Answer Counting

Looking back on the enlightenment of mathematics to my son, the most casual thing I did was count.

Counting is also random, unsystematic and deliberate. Moreover, counting is basically carried out naturally during the game. For example, when playing with a car, I will ask my son:

"How many cars do you have?"

"Can I have a car?"

"How many cars do you have left?"

When playing with building blocks, I will say:

"I need three green rectangles. Can you hold them for me? "

"I don't have the first platoon leader in this row, but I don't know how many are missing. Can you help me? "

When I play Super Flash, I will tell him:

"I'm in big trouble and need four planes to help."

"There are five planes on a mission today, and two have already flown away. How many planes do I have? "

When playing games, he is interested in counting, counting objects and pointing numbers in this direct question-and-answer way. This way can make numbers correspond to things, forming the concept of children's logarithm, rather than abstract quantity.

Besides, I also bought my son Mickey Mouse's puzzle book, Montessori's early education game book, and some attention training books, which contain a lot of training on counting.

However, books are just my game props. I will say to my son, "Let's go and find the birds on this page!" " "Then we will circle all the birds in it, and I will pretend to say," How many birds are there? I can't even count. "My son will count it very carefully and then tell me his result.

The child is willing to help. By asking for help, he can make better use of his own strength, and he is more willing to master his own strength driven by internal motivation. Parents can use this to mobilize their children's enthusiasm for participation.

Learning math books has many scenes of math counterparts, which is richer than playing games. Sometimes, we will count how many leaves there are on the tree, how many fingers Donald has, and how many balls Mickey has in his basket.

The game in Mickey's intellectual enlightenment

Enlightenment and Application of Computing —— Situational Games

Addition has never been deliberately taught, and I usually use games. For example, when playing with a car, he has three and I have two, so I put the cars together and asked him, "How many parking spaces does our car have?" ? "How many wheels do two cars have?"

When playing with building blocks, I will say, "I need five squares, but I only have one." Who can help me make up five? "

Although there is no deliberate teaching, but virtually let him always use addition and subtraction, flexible use of arithmetic principles through counting. He doesn't know, but he can use it.

It is ok to eat, such as strawberries and grapes. I will count how many fruits he has eaten and ask him how many are left in the bowl. For big fruit, I will cut it into pieces and ask him how many pieces he has eaten and how many pieces are left. In this process, he ate and played, and inadvertently practiced counting and addition and subtraction.

I'll keep asking. For example, just after asking, he ate another piece after answering, and I will ask again. At the beginning, even if there were only two or three pieces left, he would point to the number from the beginning, and slowly he would not count until he reached three, and he would know at a glance.

Not only at home, but also when you go out, you can help your child practice counting. For example, when a son walks up the steps, pats the ball, jumps and picks up leaves or stones together, he will count while doing it.

Repeatedly counting like this, now the addition and subtraction within the son's 5 are basically very flexible, and occasionally need the help of fingers. The addition within 10 can be calculated accurately with your fingers.

I am satisfied with the result. My son's application of addition and subtraction is entirely based on counting. He didn't rely on memory, not flexible application after reciting, but the result of direct application.

Mickey's Intellectual Enlightenment and Games in Montessori's Early Education and Training

On the Enlightenment of Mathematics

The process of son's mathematics enlightenment is more like mastering the basic principles in the process of learning to count and deducing simple formulas by himself.

This can lighten the burden on children. Based on counting, you can master addition and subtraction, even multiplication and division, and even sequence without deliberate memory.

Mathematics enlightenment and learning is more of a kind of thinking than rote learning.

In my impression, the process of memorizing the multiplication table is actually a memory method for learning mathematics. After repeated recitation, it is skillfully used.

And children really need a kind of flexible thinking to learn basic mathematics. For example, counting even numbers, 2, 4, 6, 8 ... This is a study of multiples of 2 and also a study of arithmetic progression.

Everything about multiplication is based on addition. Accordingly, division can also be understood based on subtraction. Problems such as sequence can also be understood on the basis of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Parents can also adopt more flexible ways in the process of enlightening their children in mathematics: counting odd numbers, even numbers, jumping numbers and so on. You can also skip 2, 3, 5 and so on, and you will find that this is the multiplication table you have been memorizing.

So, again, practicing counting is the foundation, just as 26 letters are the foundation in English. Parents can use related books and picture books as game props, so that children can cultivate mathematical thinking in games and daily life.