What Makes Math Learning Fun Frank Ho Canada certified math teacher at Ho Math and Chess www.mathandchess.com Parents use math marks as a guideline to see if their children’s math have improved, there is nothing wrong with it. My personal experience is that I will feel much relaxed if my tutored student has improved to a stage that math tutoring is fun for both of us. The atmosphere is very relaxed and I can see that the student is enjoying the fun of math learning. The student’s attitude and facial expression are all very relaxed and student’s reaction is very exciting and happy. So what makes math learning fun? It definitely is not just school math marks. If a math... Read more»
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Play with Math Reading the title itself might have shocked many of you. You might be thinking how we can play with math because playing always means fun and there is no fun with math problems. Math can never be fun, it is so hard to tackle and we just hate math. This is exactly the same what I used to think when I was in school. I too used to hate math a lot and after my 10th I was very happy thinking, finally math has left me. But that is near to impossible. Just think over it, can you leave math. Don’t you use math everyday? You buy something, you calculate, so you do math. You pay someone you calculate, so you do math again. This is how it works, you can’t get rid of numbers,... Read more»
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Using Chess to Teach Math in Elementary Schools Frank Ho Founder of Ho Math and Chess™ Learning Centre, Vancouver Canada certified math teacher Chess has been heralded as a miracle to help children develop their math skills. How true is it? After my over 10 years of research and teaching of math, I think the answer is not a simple yes or no, rather it depends on how chess instruction is delivered. If chess is delivered as a pure game and taught in a way that it has nothing to do with math then the impact on math learning is minimum. On the other hand, if chess is integrated into math worksheets then the effect is more significant.... Read more»
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What is Ho Math? Frank Ho BC certified math teacher Founder of Ho Math and Chess Learning Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada Ho Math is a special concept and game-based math teaching method especially designed for elementary students (from kindergarten to grade 7). It was invented in Canada by a Canadian math teacher Frank Ho. How Ho Math was invented? Below is a short description by Mr. Frank Ho. When I was a teenager, I went to a few learning centers including general purpose and some specialty learning centers (like English only) and also went to my teacher’s home for preparing for junior... Read more»