Do your kids struggle with remembering how many cups, pints and quarts there are in a gallon?
Here’s a memory tip for learning liquid measurement. As students draw the large G tell them this story: In the kingdom of Gallon there were 4 Queens (Q is for quarts. 4 quarts in a gallon), each queen had a Prince & Princess (P is for pints. 2 pints in a quart). Each Prince & Princess had 2 Cats (C is for Cups, 2 cups in a pint.)
This is an easy way for visual students to remember liquid measurement. Making associations and seeing this visual concept, puts the information into children’s long-term memory!
Learning how to memorize math terms with pictures, stories and rhymes, makes life much easier! Check out my site for “know how” solutions. Look through my Memory Tips for Math Book to see if this is something that would help your child gain a little “know how.”
Drawing with Children
by Mona Brookes
If summer feels boring for your kids, teach them to draw. “But I don’t know how to draw,” you moan. Well, Mona Brookes shows you and your child how to “see” objects and the space around them and be able to draw it quite accurately. This isn’t a book where you draw a circle for the head and a bigger circle for the body. No, this gem of a book moves you from contour drawing to more detailed endeavors. You will be amazed at how quickly your child’s drawing (and your own,) progress into lovely works of art! I like using it as a jumping off place for writing a story or poem to go along with the illustrations. It’s a great book for whole family participation. Take a look at it on my Amazon Store.
Teaching is so much easier if you get kids singing and moving. My students always loved this little Money Rap. It’s just the ticket for teaching coin denomination. Use a rap cadence and have fun with it. Follow up by using actual coins while singing the rap.
The Money Rap
Well, I know a song, it’s really kind of funny,
It’s all about coins and learning to count money.
Chorus: Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
Now a penny means one (hold out 1 finger)
And a nickel means five (hold out 5 fingers)
Dimes are worth ten (hold out 10 fingers
Quarters twenty five (flash 10 twice and then 5)
Repeat chorus
Five pennies in a nickel (1 hand fingers stretched)
Two nickels in a dime (hold out 2 fingers)
Five nickels in a quarter (1 hand fingers stretched)
You’ll know it every time.(downward motion both hands)
Repeat chorus
Five pennies make a nickel, Two nickels make a dime
Two dimes and a nickel, make a quarter every time.
Repeat chorus
Four quarters make a dollar and that is quite a lot,
And a dollar in my pocket is exactly what I’ve got.
Repeat chorus
Here’s a memory tip for learning liquid measurement. As students draw the large G tell them this story: In the kingdom of Gallon there were 4 Queens (Q is for quarts. 4 quarts in a gallon), each queen had a Prince & Princess (P is for pints. 2 pints in a quart). Each Prince & Princess had 2 Cats (C is for Cups, 2 cups in a pint.)
