Maths at our house – Watching sport together
The purpose of this page is to provide links to a selection of ways that whānau can support mathematics learning when watching sports together.
About this resource
This section provides some ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics using everyday experiences and resources found around your home. It includes ideas for supporting your children’s learning in all areas of mathematics: geometry, measurement, statistics, algebra, and number.
This page provides suggestions as to how mathematics conversations can be facilitated at home when watching sports games or events on TV.
Maths at our house: Watching sport together
Distances, times, scores – sport is filled with numbers! Whether you are watching sports on TV, reading the sports pages in the newspaper, or checking scores on the internet, there are lots of opportunities to explore the results and statistics with your child. Research shows that when children are working in maths contexts that interest them, they do better. Sport is a way to put some maths thinking and practice into the time you spend together.
See Materials that come with this resource to download Te mātakitaki hākinakina (.pdf) for some suggested questions to ask in Māori.
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