Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Patterns

If you are about to send your youngster or youngsters off to Kindergarten in the Fall you can be a great deal of help before they go.  In Math they will be asked to know their numbers to 100, write them, and count from ten back to 0.  Many have their reasons why it is difficult, but to me it is all about patterns.  You constantly are building patterns into your children by eating at certain times, having a bed time, getting toilet trained,  and knowing how to get dressed just to name a few.  Math is a pattern of numbers  using 10 digits starting with 0.
0                                                       10               20                               90
1  These are all the digits so what     11 Next ?   21 We continue this    91      
2  is next?  Our digits again with      12               22 pattern until           92
3  a 1 in front.                                   13               23                               93
4                                                       14               24                               94
5                                                       15               25                               95
6                                                       16               26                               96
7                                                       17               27                               97
8                                                       18               28                               98
9                                                       19               29                               99

When we get to 99 we must add another place and we get 100.

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