An understanding of data management and probability helps us solve problems in everyday life.
Instructions Make real-life statements to the child that include probability concepts.
Have the child do some simple experiments a number of times to predict probability, and record results on tally charts. Use materials that you might find at home such as coins and dice. Collect newspaper weather charts to predict weather conditions and sports statistics to predict wins and losses. On each occasion, talk about the probability of the results, and have the child predict and describe the results using a fraction. Answers to the mathematics activities will be provided in the following day's guide.