How to Learn Basic Math Online for Kids

The proliferation of online learning opportunities has made teaching your kids basic math as easy as solving 1 + 1. The only difficultly you might face is choosing one of the hundreds of math sites available for kids. Learning math by playing online games creates a healthy compromise between parents who want their children to learn and kids who want to play computer games.

Things You'll Need

  • Math flashcards
  • Math tests and worksheets

Instructions

  1. Learning Math Online

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      Review a few of the listed sites for learning math online. Look for sites that have increasing levels of difficulty so you can monitor their progress. Play a few of the games. The more interactive and fun the games are, the more your children will want to play them. If you find the games boring, move on to another site. Select and bookmark the sites you think your child will like to use. Coolmath4kids.com offers math games for children age 3 and up. Funbrain.com offers a flash math arcade for grades 1 through 8. Mathplayground.com has multiplication, fraction, and algebra games.

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      Go through the games on your top three sites with your kids. Let them explore the games on their own. Watch to see if the games hold their interest. When you have found a site your children like, set aside some time each day for them to play the math games. Be sure to cover basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Add story and logic problems for older children. If your child is in school, find games online that teach the skills they are learning each week in school. Have them play the games just before doing their math homework.

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      Use flashcards, worksheets, and tests you design yourself or print out from online resources like aplusmath.com. Alternately, you can use the sample math problems from your child's math books to make sure she keeps up with the required curriculum at school. Use the worksheets and flashcards to test your child's knowledge of math he has learned from playing the online games. Make adjustments to the online games to make sure your child keeps learning the math she needs to know.

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