From the article: Creative Ideas for Teaching Fractions
Fractions are fun! Well, once you learn them they are. Having a solid foundation of basic fraction concepts will make the advanced concepts easier to learn. Forum members shared their creative tips, now it's your turn. Creative Teaching Tips
Fractions for preschool and kindergarten
- I love teaching about fractions. I let my preschoolers and kindergarteners play with measuring cups and measuring spoons and ask them what numbers they see on them. Then I ask them how many of these it takes to make 1 cup, which I show them also. Then, of course we demonstrate with water. We also do quite a few cooking projects where I ask similar questions to reinforce that teaching. I also find teachable moments to bring up things like "This glass is half full," for example. After much repetition, they start to get it. Hope this helps.
- —Guest Monica
