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by rahimnathwani
1500 days ago
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For math: - buy a bunch of math manipulatives (number blocks, base 10 blocks, Cuisenaire rods) - watch the TV show 'Numberblocks' on Netflix or BBC (there are ~50 episodes, and you can rewatch them) - use books like Beast Academy 1A and 1B if your kid is ready - Khan Academy Kids (free app) - Dreambox (paid app: $150 for 10 years) if your kid is ready |
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- Schoolhouse Rock (songs and video): ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRRAHvSQBo ). Related to skip-counting (counting by 2s, 3s etc), which some kids really like and you can practice anywhere you can count (count the stairs). Skip-counting leads to learning the multiplication tables (flash cards).
- Illustrated books about polyhedra. This may be a little advanced, but the pictures are nice. And it leads to Zometools ( https://www.zometool.com/ ) and software versions of the same.
- Books with number illustrations. You have to look for them ( https://designobserver.com/feature/herbert-spencer-and-the-b... ).
- Any illustrated book about symbols? I remember how my kids wanted to know the names and sounds of the IPA ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabe... ). This may be just a quirk of my family tho. And it's not exactly math, but being comfortable with associating symbols with meaning might make math a little more comfortable.
This is what my kids liked, but every kid has different interests and talents and of course you should build on that. My kids weren't interesting in Lego or Erector Sets or breadboarding LEDs or shooting baskets playing with dolls. If they had been we would have done that.
It's not math, but another thing my kids liked was language-learning software like Rosetta Stone ( https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-language-learning-softw... ).