Tip #185 from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley, Trombly) - Estimating
Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly.
#185
Estimating
No
great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
~Sir
Isaac Newton
You can help your
child estimate in math by finding
real life situations where estimating can be fun. Our ability to estimate well
improves with experience so helping younger children learn this skill in
interesting and exciting ways now can benefit them in many ways later.
For all children,
estimating the answer to a problem before solving it allows them, afterward, to
answer the question, "Does the answer make sense?" If their answer is
way off the estimation, they know to go back and recheck the addition,
subtraction, etc.
Here are some ways
to work on estimation with her (and your whole family!) in your everyday life:
● How
many bites do you think it will take to finish your bowl of cereal?
● How
many seeds do you think are inside your apple?
● How
many teaspoons of water will it take to fill up your cup?
● Fill
that cup to the brim. Estimate how many pennies you will be able to add without
the water spilling over. (You may be surprised at the answer, thanks to surface
tension!)
● How
many inches tall is Mom?
● How
much does Dad weigh?
● How
many days old are you?
● Let
her “pay” for purchases or bills at a restaurant. Before paying, estimate the
amount of change she should get back. When she gets change she'll know if the
cashier has given her correct change if it is close to her estimate.
Encourage
her to make up some estimate questions for you!
Cindy McKinley Alder Patti Trombly
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