Schoolreadiness Part G

MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS Continue...

Ø Take 6 sweets and explain to your child: If 2 children each have one sweetie, how many will they have together?. (Answer = 2). And If 2 children each have 2 sweeties, how many will they have together? (Answer = 4). And If 2 children each have 3 sweeties, how many will they have together?
(Answer = 6). If you have 2 sweeties and your friend has 3 sweeties, how many will you have together? (Answer = 5).

Schoolreadiness Part F

MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS Continue...

Ø Put 10 objects on the floor, ask your child to COUNT how many there are.

Ø Explain to your child that a PAIR means two. For e.g. show your child a pair of gloves. Ask your child: If 2 persons each have a pair of gloves, how many will they have together (Answer = 4). Try to have 2 pairs of gloves or 2 pairs of shoes with you to explain this to our child by showing it..

Schoolreadiness Part E

MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS Continue...
Ø Take 4 Bowls and fill them with marbles/seeds/beans.
Bowl 1 must have 3 objects in. Bowl 2-1 object. Bowl 3-5 objects. Bowl 4-3 objects
Ask your child:
Show me the bowl with the LEAST amount of marbles in.
(Answer: bowl no. 2)
Show me the bowl with the MOST amount of marbles in.
(Answer: bowl no. 3)
Show me the two bowls with the SAME amount of marbles in.
(Answer: bowl no 1 and 4)
If I use a bowl and take 2 objects away, and one object will then be left, which bowl will that be? (Answer: bowl no 4 or 1 – with 3 objects in)

Schoolreadiness Part D

MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS:
Do the following with your child:

Ø Put 5 objects in a row and teach your child in English
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Ask your child to show you the FIRST and LAST one or SECOND and FOURTH one.
Show me the one in the middle

Ø Take an orange and cut it in half, and explain to your child that it was divided in 2 HALVES.

Schoolreadiness Part C

Spatial Concept Continue...

Have a large box at hand and give your child a ball and ask your child to:
a) Hold the ball BEHIND your body
b) Hold the ball IN FRONT OF your body
c) Hold the ball ABOVE your head
d) Put the ball INSIDE the box
e) Put the ball BESIDE the box
f) Put the ball on the RIGHT SIDE of the box
g) Put the ball on the LEFT SIDE of the box
h) Put the ball in the MIDDLE of your face

Schoolreadiness Part B

Spatial Concept

Ask your child to do the following:
a) Lie on your TUMMY on the floor
b) LIFT your hands in the air
c) Put your hand ON TOP OF my hand
d) Put your hand UNDER my hand
e) Climb OVER the table
f) Climb UNDER the table
g) Lie on your BACK on the floor

Schoolreadiness Part A

Here are some exercises to do with your child to assist him in being ready for Grade 1:

Size Concept

Take a LONG and SHORT rope and ask your child to point out the longest of the two
Show your child a picture of a NARROW passage and a picture of a WIDE passage. Ask your child to show you the narrow passage.
Cut a THICK slice of bread and a THIN slice of bread. Ask your child to point to the thick slice.
Take 3 potatoes Large, small and medium sixes. Ask your child:
a) Point to the LARGEST one.
b) Pont to the SMALLEST one
c) Arrange them FROM SMALL TO LARGE
d) Point to the one in the MIDDLE

Vestibular Stimulation

Your vestibular system is situated in the inner ear. The vestibular apparatus detects changes in speed and directions of head movement. The vestibular system forms an equilibrial trail with the visual and proprioceptive system and it also has an influence on the nervous system. The main functions of the vestibular system are: to maintain equilibrium, to direct the oaze of the eyes and to preserve a constant plane of vision. The child enjoys stimulating his vestibular apparatus and challenging his equilibrium and skills against the earth’s gravitational pull from the first time he lifts his head. Can you now see that your child’s reading can even improve when your child’s vestibular system is stimulated? Because the “ears are connected to the eyes”. Most children are too stagnant because of TV and play-station, so make sure that your child has some sort of a swing or trampoline outside or take your child to the park to play on the playground swings and merry-go-rounds on a weekly basis.