Teaching Kindergarten Math : How to Teach Kids Subtraction with Circles

Teach kids kindergarten math, like subtraction, by using circles to demonstrate taking away an item, rather than using the word subtract; learn more about teaching kindergarten math in this free kindergarten education video.

Expert: Matt Moskal
Bio: Matt Moskal is a free-lance artist with a BA in Elementary / Special Education.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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[MrsPinkPlaymate]

Good this helps my son alot

[Alanidia]

What happened with my math teachers????!!!!! Now I see me problem in math. I wish he were my math teacher at my kindergarten years :(

[martiniquez1]

Does this technique applies to larger numbers?

[jinkss111]

0-0=0

0-1= -1 or 0

0-2= -2 or 0

so forth...so they can see that -1 is the same as zero.

And when a kid says " zero minus 10 trillion!" will be the same as zero or -10 trillion.and when the child says that, then I know they understand how zero works.

[jinkss111]

for young kids I'd buy a bunch of different things at the dollar store and place five items on the table and have them take away the amount(s). I would have them learn all the take aways...

5-1

5-2

5-3

5-4

5-5

so they learn all the take aways for that number. it will take a little longer but I think it will help.

[basskidd123]

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[SpicyHam]

this even helps me a lot! By the way, I use these videos for home school, it's excellent

[felipebrasil5]

4 oranges 3 dissapear, how many left? way better this way

[Wolfswind003]

@Distinctforever never forgett, once you didn´t know too. And if your child doesn´t understand, would you call your own child stupid?! I hope not^^

[Distinctforever]

This is easy. Kids must be stupid!

[shakuforever]

A little more advanced than kindergarten math, I remember teaching a friend atomic structure with M&M's (yellow=electrons, red=neutrons, blue=protons). It was a fun and tasty tutoring session :) candy would be great a great incentive when teaching a youngster math as long as they don't get wired on it