HOW TO MAKE LEARNING MATH FUN FOR YOUR CHILD

Dr. Pallavi Rao Chaturvedi, is the Executive Vice President of the Early Childhood Association and the Founder of Brainy Bear Pre-Schools. After years of research in the early childhood learning domain along with her own experience as a mother, she wishes to share the acquired wisdom with other parents. For this purpose, she has recently launched a YouTube channel called ‘Get Set Parent with Pallavi’, where she addresses common parenting issues and concerns and suggests ways to turn everyday interactions with children into insightful learning experiences.

- Dr. Pallavi Rao Chaturvedi

Parents’ mindset influences children As children grow older and enter the domain of education, they come across some concepts that they often have trouble grasping. One subject that seems to have many such concepts is Mathematics. Most of us have grown up with Mathophobia. So before we begin the journey of being on the other side of the table and teaching Maths to our children, we must address some of our personal issues with the subject.

Children being the observant creatures that they are, can smell fear very easily. So when we, as parents, view Math as something frightening, children start stepping away from it. Stereotyping and creating a gender bias surrounding Maths is a mistake that many of us make. Statements such as “Daddy will help you with Maths, let Mom help you with English,” send out wrong messages. Some self introspection is required in order to make the child open minded about Maths .

The root cause of ‘Mathophobia’