How to do it the easy way??

A maths tutor comes to mind, sweetie. Seems most children have a problem with maths. Hell, i was horrible with maths. Hope you can find someone to help her understand it though.

I was poor at Maths when I was a school child. The one thing that helped in my junior years was rote learning my times tables. I used to chant them out once 2 is 2 and so on up to 12 times 12 is. I think that you could buy squared paper and colored pencils. Then you could use scissors to cut up one of the tables like the 7 times table: 7, 14, 21, 28 and so on. I like to use in the classroom for Year 2 children a 100 square. This helps the pattern for the 5 and 10 times table. I think your daughter needs praise and understanding. It is a shame she has all these tests.

Poor child! Let her practise enough in all other areas where she is likely to score. In which class is she? How many marks would be allocated for this 'multiplication' sum? Now, if she is in a junior class, then try and make her practicse all other chapters so that she will at leat scrape through this time. Ater that starts your real job. Sit with her and patiently teach her tables and make her get them by rote ; make her write the tables 1 to 16 every day [ bit by bit , say 2 tables twice daily and after she gets perfection in this you can go to the next.] Do it diligently everyday. You have to sit with her for the one hour she practises her mathematics.Right from junior classes children should start devoting time to addition, subraction, multiplication, division every day and as classes are getting higher, she should start practising problems every day.Regular practice will make her score and once she starts scoring she would love it and start practising more and more ; it is a circle.

I would say just keep practicing with her. At our school they do these timed sheets. It is a sheet with 100 problems on it and they are timed to see how many they can get done. It gets to the point where you are so used to doing them that as soon as you think of a multiplication problem you know the answer. I would try that and maybe flash cards. The more she does them the more she'll remember. I would also talk to her teacher and see if there is anything you can use that they use in class to learn them to help her catch up.

Memorizing is not easy but if you will find way to stick in into her mind them it will be easier for her even if she is playing. Do not make it as if sounds monotonous, why not turn it to music. Buy CD or video tape where in the multiplication is being sung just like the ABC where in the starting kids know how to sing it. Numbers are being illustrated too while dancing.Play with numbers or associate with dancing and singing, have fun with it. I remember my teacher, when he sang the logarithmic figures of sin,cos,tangent,etc. I really hate Trigonometry but when he sang it to us and made fun out of it,we can not forget anymore his way and made it easy for us to memorize it while figuring out his face while singing it and up to now I still remember it and even transfer to my own children.

Hi! i can understand what you are going through. my suggestion wud be when teaching her maths. make it interesting. turn your teaching into playing. use objects to teach her the basics and tell her the difference. make sure when teaching you should make it enjoyable for her. thats what i do with my son. although he has not started maths, he is still in kindergarden. but i try to teach him like that. sometimes counting apples or any vegetable in the supermarket. making him read big boards on the road for alphabet recognition . there are lot of ways one can do. just see her interest and do it. try with toys. all the best.

Hello tamirs and welcome to myLot. I had 4 kids and two of them had an easy time memorizing their multiplication. The other two really struggled with memorizing any thing. When my son went into the military he learned that he had to carry cards around and practice every free minute. So my suggestion is to make her some cards and and practice them often through the evening and day when going to school and at meals, about 5 minutes at a time.

Maths was my pet subject and I always wanted to be an engineer. But as I was bad in Chemistry, I could not make it to that and ended up as an accountant. I have noted that even doctors are not good mathematicians. Sometimes we find children of very intelligent parents not being smart as the parents pester them too much to a point that negativity is created. However I think maths can be taught using practical things like a card pack etc.

Ok make it fun! Use food stuff, fruits and snack foods and add, substract and multiply with them. For instance, does she like candies? if so, use those. math do not have to be only about numbers. There are a lot of websites out there that shows how you can be creative and make math fun for children.

Does she understand the concept of "sets", and does she do well with addition? If she understands sets and does well with addition, then you can show her that multiplication is just adding a certain number of "sets" together. For example, 1x2 is just one set of two, and 2x2 is just two sets of two, and 3x2 is just three sets of two, etc. Then, she can add the "sets" together to get the answer. The more she practices the better she will get, and eventually she will have it memorized. If she forgets, though, then she will know how to figure out the answer again on her own. Also, visual examples help to reinforce what you are learning. You could show her how to do the "sets" and get the answers with M&Ms, for instance. Then, after she gets a certain number right, she can eat the M&Ms as a reward. It is breaking it down, problem solving, visual stimulation, and positive reinforcement all in one, which tends to work well for most children.

Especially for math, you have to make her like the subject. Praise her at the tiniest achievement. Make her some easy examples and make her believe that she can do this. Boost her confidence in math and you will be surprised how easily she can pick up the subject. It is all a matter of changing the mindset. There is another trick that is harder which is to like the subject yourself. Once you display any dislike, that is what she is going to follow.

Mathematics doesn't come easy for many people while others might enjoy it and find it quite simple others have a hard time with it. I know what your going through, my son just started kindergarten and he's been having problems with his reading and spelling, mind you he has never been in this type of enviornment of learning and doing homework for him it's always been playing. The daycare I had enrolled him failed to provide him the foundation necessary to get him ready for this type of environment, but they did however take excellent care of him with that I have no complaints. But anyways, at first it was a huge struggle to have him actually site down and write and say the letters, but I continued practicing night after night with him and let me tell you he has shown a good improvement in my eyes and even his teacher approached me the other day and told me that he is doing a lot better than before, he is finally getting the hang of it. Just continue to practice with her make it fun for her and yourself, because trust me I know how frustrating it can be when you see yourself not succeeding and not going anywhere. Take 5 minute breaks while studying to take some air and go right back to it. Your hubby needs to understand that she needs to learn this stuff it is for her benefit, especially now when schools are being so picky and tuff. My personal opinion continue doing the best you can with her, study every night even if its just 30 minutes go over it with her, until she starts to get the hang of it. Good Luck!!!

Try to involve her in mathematics during playing,eating and etc..Also there are some computer games which helps to improve the mathematics knowledge in which they will play as well as they will learn the things more. Don't worry she will improve herself as she is also interested in studies.

hello tamris, i too had a poor result in my maths exam once upon a time.and that was the turning point for me.i concentrated more on the subject and too a promise to myself that i'll never let my parents and myself because of this and i tried my level best to keep this promise.your daughter needs a promise to herself.how old is she?don't force her or punish her for anything.make her realize it on her own as to what is causing her trouble.let her learn while playing too.

hi tamirs oh she must learn her maths but I do feel for her as all the way thru grade school and high school math was the bane of my existence. I got help in high school from a math tutor and I at least passed the class. I am wondering if a math tutor would not be the ticket for your little girl. with me it was fractions and algebra and yet I got As in science and reading and most other classes.I think if I had had a tutor in the lower grades it would have made life a lot easier for me. check at your local'library as they usually know about tutors that are available.

These days the schools are really tough on the kids. They expect them to know so much at such a young age. I would let her teacher know that she is having a tough time. The teacher should be setting aside some time to help her out or even recommending someone to help her like a tutor. You could have her practice her times tables on the weekends too. Make a fun game of it.

I never had any problem when it comes to Math with my kids. But my second child was having problem with his reading skills when he was 7 years old. So,I look for a good tutor and thanks God,he was a fast learner. He only spends 2 months having tutor and he is a good reader then. I guess you need a good tutor for your kid.

Hiring a math tutor is one but you could also help by reviewing her after every session with her tutor, I mean after your office work. In that way she can practice what had been taught to her. You can also make flash cards sort of multiplication table for her easy learning. I think there are also visual aids about mathematics available at most bookstores.