In class we will begin practicing fractions. We will focus on halves, thirds, and fourths. Studying fractions will help your children to understanding equal parts. Practicing fractions at home can be extremely meaningful to your child.
Here are a list of ways you can practice using fractions at home:
1. Break a cookie in HALF. Show that both HALVES are equal parts.
2. Peel an orange and split all the pieces apart. Show that the orange comes in equal parts and then count the parts. Eat one and explain, "I just ate 1/8 of the orange"
3. Cut a cake into 2 or 4 parts. Share the cake with your child and ask them
to give you the same amount so that they can see the equal parts. Then save a piece for me :)
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4. Order pizza. Show that the pizza is cut into 8 pieces. Each piece should look the same. Ask your child how many people can share this pizza if everyone gets one piece? How many people can share if everyone gets two pieces?
4. Play basketball on your driveway. Make sure you play with 3 people including your child. Get three balls. Everyone needs 1 ball, let your child see that he will get 1/3 of the balls.
5. Play with Play-dough. Take out your favourite colour. Tell your child you want to share the colour. Roll out the play-dough and cut it in half. Now you have 2 pieces, each of you can take 1/2 (one half). Play-dough is great fun and you can even cut it into thirds or fourths.
6. While reading a book that looks long to your child, show them, "we'll read 1/3 of the book tonight, 1/3 tomorrow night, and 1/3 the next night." Visually show the parts of the book that you will read.
7. If you are working on telling time, break the clock into four parts. Show that 1/4 of the clock is the same as 15 minutes.
8. If you are working on counting quarters, show that 1/4 of a dollar is the same as .25 cents.
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