Stick with the Basics Remember, this is likely a short term situation and your child is going to go back to school at some point. Our purpose during this time in my opinion is to keep them learning and using their brains so they continue to develop. So, stick to the basics. Math wise, the basics would included some of the more obvious concepts that we all use everyday. Obviously we want to spend time working with the four main operations, adding and subtracting, as well as multiplying and dividing. Depending upon the age of your children this might be all you need to worry about. Beyond that, clear up to middle school aged students we see a need for things like working with fractions, percentages, and decimals. Doing some work with integers (negative numbers) is also beneficial. Money math, ratios, and basic geometry (perimeter and area) would all be good to consider. As well as basic algebra if your children are old...
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