How to teach: concentration and thinking skills
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Have you read any of the comments below on your child's school report recently?
"Knows tables but must concentrate on how to use them"
"Needs more help with problem solving"
"Knows basic four rules but must work more quickly"
Problem solving
These puzzles will help improve problem solving and thought processes.
Needs to increase confidence in his own abilities”
“Still needs to be more self confident”
“Work more quickly and with confidence”
Confidence
These puzzles will help to increase confidence and hence concentration
“needs to improve reading skills”
“must extend vocabulary”
“improve spelling and presentation”
High frequency words which should be covered for your child’s age group
“must be able to relate one piece of information to another”
“be aware of all the implications to the question”
“be able to solve a problem in more than one way”
Spatial awareness and reasoning powers
“Approach problems from a different angle”
“Needs to think around a problem”
“Must extend range of thought and thinking processes”
“Must develop more extended thought processes”
“Must develop the ability to predict results”
Lateral thinking
“Apply logic to help solve problems or tasks”
“Be systematic and logical in approaching work”
“Show the logic in arriving at their answer”
“Think slowly and with care to arrive at the correct answer”
Logic
Fun maths Many more ideas on the Fun maths page
There are many more ideas to stimulate your children. Here are some examples with links to the pages:
I hope that these ideas are helpful and that they will encourage the children to keep thinking and learning although having fun.
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