The cry of anguish from a Mother. “My daughter hates homework and it's a struggle every week to get her to do it. I work 4 nights a week so I am limited to how much I can help in the evening. My husband has to be forced to help her when I am at work but they disagree on so much that it becomes a battle and she gives up or he sends her to bed with nothing done!”
The mental block that can easily occur in the busy classroom frequently has little chance of easing at home.. No child actually enjoys parents and teachers being angry with them but there have always been a significant number of UK students who simply cannot retain maths properly when taught the traditional way in school. No matter how hard they try, they require a different teaching method altogether. This is where the latest Maths games and worksheets now available for home use can make a huge difference.
Educational games played at the learning pace of the child provide an enjoyable approach that help children and parents to overcome the block to learning. Putting fun at the forefront in the parent child relationship provides a more practical rapport to coach a child through this difficult transition. Turning the block into a maths game the fear and frustration can be broken The ‘Independent Learning’ method used by ConquerMaths delivers the UK secondary maths curriculum via CDs, or online in brilliant mini-tutorials. Each lesson has its own worksheet and automatic marking that builds into personal progress summaries. Only the essential parts of each lesson are given but the huge benefit of the system are the audio explanations explaining the theory that are synchronised with the onscreen graphics, making the maths much, much easier to understand and take in.
Parents can relax to a large extent, because whilst providing moral support and involvement the ConquerMaths system specifically recommends children get on with their homework independently. They soon enjoy being in total control as the program can be paused and rewound to repeat sections to increase understanding, embed facts and go over anything the child is not sure of to catch up missing knowledge from the class. It is like having a personal teacher going over the lesson with you until you understand. And parents can bring themselves up date too, if they wish!
One ConquerMaths parent, Julia Martin of Buckinghamshire writes “As a person who always found maths a serious challenge when I was at school, I have found this course to be a Godsend. My nine year old son is flying through the tutorials and understanding everything because they are put across so clearly, in 'bite sized' lessons. I am no longer worried about having the ability to teach him maths - in fact, I am learning stuff I never properly understood at school by using the program myself! (I wish we'd had it in my day!)”
Building confidence in children is an essential building block in learning. The time spent in class is much shorter that most of us imagine and a busy lesson with 30 children can leave the struggling mathematician feeling isolated. Using maths games at home in a relaxed environment can pay dividends in boosting understanding, confidence and performance back in class.
Val Constable ConquerMaths Alistair Owens Keen2learn
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