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Check out some cool ways in which we are deconstructing Math for kids.

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#MATHININDIA EDUCATION MEMES

Did you know that only 25.3% of children in class III can do two digit subtraction or that the percentage of children in class II who still cannot recognise numbers up to 9 has increased from 11.3% in 2009 to 19.5% in 2014. The numbers revealed by Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014, released in January, this year, clearly states that Math learning levels in the country continue to be a serious and major cause of concern.

Well, this was big news that went nearly unnoticed. To draw attention to this and remove the bite out of Math, we at Akshara Foundation have meme-fied the big news and piggy backed on the cultural phenomena that is Bollywood. #MathinIndia is what we call it. We have couched the common fears surrounding Math with catchy dialogues by much loved Bollywood characters, hoping to engage a wider and bigger audience into the conversation around the education of our children.

A pan-India social awareness and advocacy project, #MathinIndia, is a conversation starter initiated to sensitise a larger audience on the issue of low learning levels among children about Math in the country. After all, for Make in India, we have to think of #MathinIndia.

So let’s take stock, kick the shibboleths surrounding Math and build up #MathinIndia.

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MATH MAGIC – THE MATH SONG

Set to tune by Grammy winner Ricky Kej, Math Magic revels in the joy of numbers and enthuses our young towards the necessity of math. So get started, include the song as part of math learning for your kid and watch the fun. You can play this cool ditty anywhere – in the car while travelling, listen to it during playtime, set it as your mobile ringtone or even dance to it during math lesson. Available in English and Kannada, we bet, you and your child will love it!

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You can download the songs here:   https://soundcloud.com/akshara-foundation/sets/math-magic-songs

And the ringtones, from here: https://soundcloud.com/akshara-foundation/sets/math-ringtones

MATH CONCEPT CARDS

A set of 10 math concept cards weave together language and math in daily situations, bringing math out of the abstract and into the lived reality of the child. The concept cards carry a story and an activity, based upon students’ earlier knowledge and come in handy as a tool to introduce new math concepts to children. Questions on the reverse side of each Concept Card serve as a starting point for discussion and enable children to solve problems with their peers. The Concept Cards provide a ready list of relevant Maths vocabulary for some of the major concepts.

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