Importance of multiplication for children
As soon as children enter third grade, they should be ready to learn a fundamental math skill, multiplication or time. However, multiplication is repeated addition, but it is so important to children that they cannot succeed in math without it.
In kindergarten through second grade, children learn to add or subtract numbers without regrouping or with regrouping. In addition, students are introduced to special concepts, such as two- and three-dimensional shapes. But the key focus is always on addition and subtraction in the lower grades, like kindergarten or first or second grade.
How to introduce children with multiplication?
To introduce children to multiplication or times, it is very, very important that children have a very good understanding of basic addition. If a third grade student does not know simple addition facts like “three plus eight” or “seven plus nine,” then this student is below average and needs help from parents and teachers to learn simple addition facts.
In other words, any third grade student should know how to add two numbers that are less than ten. If the student takes a long time to come up with the answer, she needs more practice adding one-digit numbers.
Once children are comfortable adding single-digit numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), they are ready to learn multiplication. I have already said that multiplication is just repeated addition, but children should memorize it, so that they do not need to use the calculator for small calculations.
Parents can teach multiplication to their young children very easily. I am giving an example for this; I think my daughter likes to play with dolls. She bought her four dolls and she was very happy having her favorite dolls.
I cannot stop there as I only fulfilled one of my duties which is to make my beloved daughter happy as it is the duty of all parents to make their children happy by reasonable means. But who is responsible for giving my daughter a good quality education?
That’s me, isn’t it? Yes, parents also have the very important duty of educating their children well. So while my daughter was playing with her new dolls, I asked her a question:
“How many dolls did you receive today?”
She replied: “Oven.”
I then asked, “How many arms does each doll have?”
“Two,” she replied.
“How many arms do all the dolls have together?” I asked further.
“2…4….6….8, eight” he yelled after counting and adding numbers.
So I told him about the repeated addition that 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 is equal to 8 or if we add two four times, it gives us eight. Most kids get very excited, so 2 times 4 is 8.
Above is an example of hundreds of activities of daily living to introduce children to multiplication. Once children become familiar with the multiplication tables of two and three, they begin to memorize all the multiplication tables, which makes math much easier for these children.
Finally, don’t miss any opportunity to teach your children basic math in their daily lives. Once they’ve learned basic math, higher math concepts like algebra, geometry, or trigonometry or even calculus will be within their child’s grasp.