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Ask HN: How to get your child interested in math?

2•gitowiec•1h ago
Hi I wanted to ask you, especially dads or dads-to-be, how to get your child interested in math? My child is 10 years old and complains that he doesn't like math. He's currently finishing third grade. In math classes, they're currently covering addition and subtraction with numbers up to 1,000,000, order of operations, and parentheses. My child's results are satisfactory and very good. He passes tests with a minimum of 90%. I once saw some posts on HN about math, including about math books, but I don't remember if they were intended for teaching children. I haven't achieved much in math myself; I'm proud of the fact that I could solve integrals and differentials at the blackboard by performing 2 or 3 mental steps. Please suggest something I could use to get my child interested in math. If you know of any books aimed at children, please share their titles. Ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, and have a nice day.

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wolfi1•1h ago
make a little game at the cash register in the supermarket: if he can calculate the right sum of the price he gets a fiver, if he can tell how much change you have to prepare he gets a dollar. for the first thing he needs to memorize the prices and add them up, for the second one he needs some sort of modulo calculation. so there are several ways to incentivize the use of math in everyday situations
pyuser314•1h ago
Kumon is often rewarding (from my past experience with it)

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