Thread: tutoring

Although I teach middle school and NOT in the area of Math, I am in charge of the after school study room for latch key kids.

I get a lot of primaries needing help with math. All I can say is use manipulatives as much as possible. There are also some online games the kids love to play that works well. If he has a computer I would give him some games for "homework" between sessions.

National Library of Virtual Manipulativesfor Interactive Mathematics
[url]http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html[/url]

King's List of On-line Math Activities
[url]http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm[/url]

FunBrain
[url]http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill_s.cgi?A1=selects&A2=math&A4=0&A7=0[/url]

wig

Model.

Model, model, model, model, model, model, model, model, model. Do one example after another by thinking out loud.

Model til the cows come home.

Manipulatives will work on some topics, but modeling will work with any subject, any topic.

Originally Posted by The Lizard

Model.

Model, model, model, model, model, model, model, model, model. Do one example after another by thinking out loud.

Model til the cows come home.

Manipulatives will work on some topics, but modeling will work with any subject, any topic.

I want to make sure I am not missing something. When I hear the word "model", especially when I hear it within the context of mathematics, I think of what kind of examples I can use to get a point across to a specific group of students. So I suppose I agree with The Lizard on that point.

Personally, there is no way I could teach an 8-year-old mathematics, except for my daughters. However, wag makes sense concerning manipulatives, because with the younger kids, the manipulatives is just another virtual video game, and repetition is the mother of learning.

Thank you everyone. I did use marbles as a way to show him what multiplication means, and I think I'll print out some practice worksheets for him to do next time he's here, and some more for him to work on and bring back the following week.

I don't think I'll tackle word problems with him until he has a firm grasp on the basic operations. I think it would be futile to teach him to look for words that will instruct him to perform an operation that he can't yet do!

Thanks again, and any more advice would be wonderful!