Math is my favorite subject. If I have the privilege of teaching an older grade one day, I would love to teach math and science. (Maybe I should have been a boy.) In 4K, our math curriculum consists of learning to count, identifying and writing numbers, recognizing and creating patterns, and identifying shapes. Many of these skills are taught through calendar math.
I feel that I do a good job of teaching these math skills. I use a variety of teaching methods to reach a variety of students. For example, I use music, poems, and rhymes to teach many of the above-skills. I also use Promethean board activities and play games, such as number Bingo and color and shapes Bingo. We also do activities such as making number books and shapes houses, just to name a few.
One area that I need to improve in is patience. Because learning math skills came easy to me, I become frustrated with kids that can not remember numbers, shapes, etc. My own son has trouble remembering multiplication facts. It is hard for me to understand that. I just want to say, "Just memorize them!"
I plan to improve in the area of teaching mathematics by incorporating even more hands-on activities. For my students that "just don't get it," I will try to use more tactile learning activities to see if that will help them. My students are very young. Some of the them may simply need more time and practice. In the event that I teach an older grade, I will research additional methods for teaching math.
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