Why are maths measures important?
For the teaching team at Better Tuition, maths measures are endlessly fascinating. Did you know there is a definitive kilogram kept under lock and key in France? Did you know a metre is actually defined as the distance light travels in a tiny fraction of a second? Still awake? Then read this, for interest.
Better Tuition can help your child understand maths measures
On the other hand, if you’re not sure whether a kilogram measures weight or wine, you’d better take a trip to this page…
How to help your child with maths measures
Maths measures are one of the top areas of confusion among school-age children – not difficulty, just confusion. It’s important that parents continually reference weights and measures in everyday life, eg. ‘fetch 1 litre of milk and a kilo of sugar’ (in the supermarket). Measuring tasks are always popular – young people love few things better than measuring a load of differently coloured liquids, lengths of string, rope, chain and ribbon, and weighing different foods. If you can incorporate filling in a chart such as a pictogram and/ or colouring in, it’s the closest you’ll get to Christmas this side of July!
If you have the time, children can help with baking and cooking from a very young age , and learning with tasty side effects is always fun. Pre-school children can count ingredients (a form of measuring), slightly older children can identify measuring implements (a jug for liquid, scales for solids) and eventually they will be able to carry out all the measuring and even work out ratios to adjust amounts. Here are some fun,computer based activities for different ages and abilities (if your child is struggling, don’t be afraid to go back to the beginning: you can’t build a house on thin air, so really make sure the foundations are firm):
Pre-school
Key Stage 1 (Reception to Year 2)
Key Stage 2 (Years 3 to 6)
Try to make your child aware of how maths measures can be converted – for example that 50cm is half a metre, or that there are 2000ml in two litres.
How Better Tuition can help your child understand maths measures
At the Better Tuition Centre, our team of qualified teachers has demystified maths measures for hundreds of children in Urmston, Stretford and the wider Manchester area. If you need a brilliant tutor, call us now on 0161 748 3912 or email bettertuition@bethere.co.uk to book your FREE assessment and find out today why we’re better.
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