MATH Fact Families: Learn Addition & Subtraction Facts the FUN Way

Learners meet 1X weekly, gaining an understanding of addition & subtraction facts; listen to, learn facts by seeing pictures of numbers for easy recall; use stories & songs, using manipulatives to build concepts in this fun engaging class.

Learners will gain an understanding of addition and subtraction facts and fact families. They will listen to addition and subtraction stories read by the Teacher, act out and retell stories, learn facts by seeing pictures of each number character for easy recall and memorization of basic facts through 10 plus 10 [and higher]. Learners will gain an understanding of each operation [addition, subtraction] and the process through the grouping of manipulatives, manually moving and drawing various objects, using a white board, graph paper, magnets [magnetic manipulatives], cubes, tiles or blocks, skip counting and finger tricks as they develop math concepts. Learners ready to tackle simple multiplication concepts will move on to the next level. When they are ready, learners could advance to MATH Fact Families: Learning Multiplication & Division Facts the FUN Way.

Learners are encouraged to enroll in this course, MATH Fact Families: Learn Addition & Subtraction Facts the FUN Way as many times as needed to ensure, not only that they know the addition and subtraction facts, but place value, regrouping, how numbers work, how these two operations work together that build the foundation for multiplication and division operations. This course is ongoing and goes through a specified curriculum every twelve weeks. 

The goal of this Math class is to help each learner understand the math that they see. Learners learn much easier using visual and kinesthetic methods that are represented by 3-D manipulatives, blocks, cubes, legos, or coins which are all invaluable tools for helping the learner see how Math facts work together. 

Whether the learner is new to addition and subtraction facts or needs to gain a clearer understanding, practice memorization and soar to the top of their class, this MATH Fact Families: Learn Addition & Subtraction Facts the FUN Way is just for you.  

Week of July 15th, 22nd & 29th: 
Understanding how addition works, grouping of manipulatives [objects], "fact families" stories, retelling stories, math songs, movement, skip count forward and backward, computing addition problems vertically and horizontally, adding money and if ready, decimals [beginning concepts]

Week of August 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th:  
Understanding how subtraction works, practice taking away objects, writing simple equations, skip count backwards, math songs, "fact families" stories, retelling stories, math games, computing subtraction problems vertically and horizontally, computing money and word problems, and if ready, decimals [beginning concepts]

Week of September 2nd, 9th, 23rd, & 30th: 
Understanding how addition & subtraction complement the operations, timed fact tests, representing through the use of different manipulatives, learner lead exercises, activities and demonstrations

Week of October 7th, 14th 21st, 28th:  
Putting it all together: demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between addition & subtraction, reviewing mathematical terms & vocabulary, retelling math stories, songs, movement, and calculation math problems

Get ready, set, let's go learn the math facts like you've never done before! This is much more than just rote memorization class. Addition and subtraction the FUN way, a picture method of learning the addition and subtraction facts.

For academic purposes, cameras and mics must be turned on for the duration of each lesson.