| Does your child like maths? If your answer is NO, then | | | | you will start, the better your child will understand the |
| this article is for you. I also went through this most | | | | subject. Beginning at the very tender age of 2, I began |
| challenging time, when my little son was refusing even | | | | to teach my son to count. For our counting, I used any |
| to hear the word mathematics. No matter how I tried | | | | handy materials such as apples, pencils, toys and even |
| to convince him - he would just not listen. Our battle | | | | cups, when we were at home. And, while walking |
| with the Queen of all Sciences - Mathematics, was not | | | | outside, we counted birds, trees and cars. I admit that |
| in my favour. And if not for the book Kind | | | | my son loved to count so-called real objects, |
| Mathematics, that struggle might have continued until | | | | something he could see or touch. Indeed, he enjoyed |
| today. | | | | these kinds of creative games. But the moment I |
| I would like to share my experience with other | | | | would open a book or try to explain to him the easiest |
| mothers. My 8 year old son never liked mathematics | | | | rules of adding or subtraction, the struggle would start. |
| even after I tried really hard for the last 6 years to | | | | He would nag, making any excuse not to sit with me, |
| develop love for the precise sciences in him. Obviously, | | | | tell me he is bored, or that he cannot understand, etc. |
| you might call it a BIG statement, especially considering | | | | etc. |
| the young age of Andre. Still, I am sure, that the earlier | | | | |