Is Maths Really Difficult ???.

I have heard people saying this since I was young lad. I hate Maths!!!   I just don’t like numbers!!!   Numbers give me nightmare!!!

Back then I felt estranged but proud, because I don’t feel the same. I seemed to enjoy Maths more than all the other subjects that were thought in school. I had no idea why I liked it, but Maths was fun. Why was it fun??? No idea but it was just plain fun. Messing with numbers and finally you get to the final answer (I normally call it the destination). I guess it was like solving a mystery rather than just uploading some stuff into your brain. Anyway....

Now after 20 over years past… maturity has shown a different view to the question. I start to wonder now why people don’t like Maths. What make numbers that scary? Why do I like it then? If and only if they see numbers from my perspective, can they have a difference perception?

My parents usually say if you want to start something son, start it young because once you have learn something the wrong way, it is much difficult and energy consuming to RELEARN the same thing in a whole new way. I guess that is very true. I see that in my niece. My brother enrolled her to ‘Global Maths’ at the tender age of 5. She is 6 now and she can do multiplications. I now I can’t even do addition when I was 6. Well the point that I am trying to make here is if you teach kids the way they enjoy learning it, any topics or subjects will be easy.

If one could instigate the interest for Maths at this tender age, then I would confidently say that this LOVE will be ETERNAL. So for those who have kids, start them young with numbers. Let them feel that numbers are part of their live. After all they are going to use it in their daily life. You calculate at shopping mall, you calculate when you pay your bills, you calculate when you do monthly budgeting, you calculate when you see the stock market report and the list goes on and on and on....

In my subsequent post, I will be giving some fun and easy tips on addition. How you can use that to teach your kids from young and start programming them the correct way of performing mathematical functions. Till then stay number healthy folks….