Often, it is that whenever you teach your kids, there are “n” number of concepts that you come across and as parents and teachers, it is our duty to help them learn those concepts & clear their doubts so that they can move ahead in life.
One such concept is “Fractions”. But do you know what is a fraction? And how can one solve them or how can you explain these concepts to your kids in a manner that it will be easy for them to understand it and grasp, and learn it.
Well, don’t worry! We are here to help you out through this. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s dive deep into this and learn what it basically is?
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What are Fractions?
So, there is this question that comes to every person’s mind and that is: “What is a Fraction for Kids?” And in order to make this concept clear to your kids, just have a look below.
In Mathematics, Fractions can be defined as the part of a whole thing. So, whenever, one thing is divided into two or more, it can be categorised under the concept of fractions.
For example – There is a pizza that you and your kids are eating and there are a total of 4 people out there. So, in order to divide that pizza into four people equally, you need to make use of Fractions and then each piece will be represented by ¼.
Fractions represent a part of a portion of something. So, it helps us to represent equal parts of the whole. Every fraction has two parts – Numerator as well as Denominator. The upper part of the fraction is called the “numerator” and the lower part of the fraction is called the “denominator”.
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How to Make Fraction Easy for Kids?
Every year we come across “n” number of complaints from parents all over the city and every time it is the same thing that all of them are saying and that is: “Our kid is not able to understand the concept of fractions, please help them and make it clear to them.”
We can help our kids to understand these difficult maths concepts in an easy way. And there are innumerable ways to do that. So, let’s move forward to know more about how can we make fractions easy for kids:
Fractions Games for Children
Teaching fractions can be really hard. And for that as parents and teachers, we need lots of different types of methods to help our children in making these concepts easy for them.
Fight Out in a Fraction War
Your kids probably won’t know how to play War with cards. So, here we are to help you in letting them how can that be done. Students have to take two cards each and determine whose fraction is the largest. So, the person with the largest fraction gets to keep all the four cards and let them play this game until all the cards are gone and finished. So, the kid with the maximum number of cards wins the game.
Paper Plate Fractions
Get some colourful or plain paper plates for your kids and give them a fraction number and ask them to divide their plates according to that fraction. And in this way, they’ll learn fractions in a fun and easy manner.
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Fraction Hopscotch
Draw fraction hopscotch on the ground using some coloured tapes and label the squares with fractions instead of numbers. Kids have to throw a marker and wherever it goes, they have to jump at that place and then solve that fraction number to provide its answer.
Coloured Fraction Bingo
That’s some really easy technique to help your kids learn the concept of fractions. Fractions for kids can be made super easy with the help of this game. All you have to do is draw some circles on a blank sheet of paper and divide it into three of four or how many parts you want to and then provide your kids with a number and ask them to colour that portion inside the circle. And that’s some really fun activity to help understand fractions for children.
Conclusion
Hopefully, we think that the above article must have helped you a lot in making your kids learn this so-called difficult topic in an easy manner and this must have resolved all your queries regarding this concept.
So, what are you waiting for? Just take notes of the above-mentioned points and help your kids with them. It is a well-known fact for a very long time and everyone around us is aware of it – that it is easy for kids to learn everything when they are presented with the same thing in the form of games. They enjoy games and thus, every game helps them to learn these new things easily and fastly. So, that’s why it is very important for us to make use of these games and help them learn what they could have not otherwise.
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