Advanced Math Made Easy for Elementary Children

Advanced Math Made Easy

Long Division.  (This is typically one of the hardest things to learn in school.)
We start by learning simple patterns/shortcuts that make it easy to remember the multiples of numbers.  We learn to divide numbers one digit at a time starting with the easier numbers like 2 and 5 and progressing from there to 9 (which has an easy to learn pattern), 3 and 7 (which has a similar patterns or shortcuts, then the rest.  Student will learn foundation skills that allow them to do traditional long division.

Geometry (Area and Perimeter)

Perimeter is an easy concept when you explain in like a fence around a field or a border around a blanket. If we use a blanket, then to understand area we count the squares on a blanket.  Though a blanket is simple because it is a rectangle, other shapes can be compared to a rectangle.  For example a triangle is always half of a rectangle and a parallelogram has the same area as a rectangle.  

Fractions

Traditionally teachers use a pizza to explain fractions, which is very limiting.  Using real life examples for fractions like players on a team, fruit in a box or trees in a field make it easier to understand fractions, make equal fractions and even do equations with fractions. 

Algebra

Explaining that algebra is simply using letters instead of numbers will help students understand how to solve simple equations.  Going one step at a time from easy to hard questions will give students a chance to learn shortcuts, patterns and strategies for solving problems with algebra.

Each class will cover 2 concepts:

Class 1: Division, Geometry
Class 2: Fractions
Class 3 Algebra
Class 4-6 Review

Each class we will review the skills and challenge their abilities with questions at their level.