Maths cards help children to learn and memorise essential mathematical formulas and are an excellent addition to your teaching tools in an interactive maths class to help your students visualise and understand numbers and their relationship to each other. Encouraging students to be more hands-on and active in a class will ensure you hold their attention better and for longer, and keep them engaged, so they become enthusiastic about learning. Being able to physically manipulate numbers helps children to understand the more abstract concepts of maths by being physically able to move and rearrange numbers, and this method can help to foster a deeper understanding of number sense. Read More
How Do Math Matching Cards Work?
Math matching cards are designed to have matching pairs to demonstrate different representations of the same number or quantity. For example, one card will represent a number, and the matching card will represent the same number but in a different form, as in numerals, dots or objects. By matching up the pairs, children will recognise numbers, be able to match numbers to quantities, and learn about fractions, decimals and percentages.
Math matching cards can be used in various exciting and engaging games, such as matching pairs, where cards are laid face down and the player flips over 2 cards each time to try and find a matching pair. This is a great way to enhance memory, attention and visual discrimination skills - matching games require the player to develop the ability to distinguish subtle differences between images and/or numbers, which is also a foundational skill for reading and writing, as well as learning about numbers and their value. This type of game also encourages better hand-to-eye coordination, language development, and the ability to focus and concentrate.
Maths cards are an extremely versatile tool to have in your box as they can be used in a variety of different ways, such as sorting by numbers, finding pairs, creating their own cards to represent numbers, or as a resource for other maths activities. The maths cards we use and sell at Learning Through Doing are clear and concise, visually pleasing as they are brightly coloured and simple to read, and a great tactile object that will enhance any maths class you are teaching.
Why Do We Need Tools Like Maths Cards?
Right now, one in three Australian school students fails to achieve a basic proficiency level in maths. Students from disadvantaged families struggle the most, but one in five students from wealthy families also have difficulties with maths. Increasing inequalities amongst students isn't the only contributing factor; ineffective teaching methods and under-prepared teachers are also to blame. As teachers, we cannot change the inequalities, but we can certainly improve the teaching methods and standards of our teachers, and that is what we have done at Learning Through Doing.
Set up by teachers for teachers, we are a professional company that is dedicated to supporting educators in building strong maths foundations through hands-on, engaging approaches. By providing comprehensive and easy-to-follow learning courses for maths teachers, we hope to provide the teachers with the resources and support they need to deliver an informative and engaging lesson to their students. By giving teachers back their confidence in their ability to teach maths and focusing on teaching methods that are proven to be effective, we hope to reverse the decline of students who choose to enrol in higher-level maths subjects in secondary schools.
Improving Pedagogy in Education
To improve pedagogy, it is important to diversify our teaching methods. As teachers, we need to engage our students in ways that traditional teaching methods don't always achieve. By encouraging students to participate through active learning instead of traditional lecturing, we can cater to more diverse learning needs and create a more inclusive learning environment.
Tools such as math matching cards are a great way to incorporate real-world experiences and hands-on activities that help to make learning more relevant to everyday use and more interesting. All of our math teacher classes use high-quality resources, practical teaching tools and targeted CPD to empower teachers to improve our maths crisis. All lessons come with short videos that show how the lesson works, and we offer unmatched support to teachers and schools. We offer free trials so you can try-before-you-buy, and all our up-to-date content is found on user-friendly platforms with lessons planned and content covered, so you can build content knowledge and save time planning and preparing for lessons in the future.
We recommend that schools utilise our whole school approach, so that everyone is responsible for the success of the students, and the pressure doesn't just fall on one department. Involving all staff, students, parents, and the wider community promotes a positive mental health and wellbeing for all. Read Less
