| My children are like me in many ways, one
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| | score six runs.
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| of which is their love of sports. I have
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| | Every time he played a scoring shot I
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| utilised this love of sport as a way of
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| | would then ask him how many runs he now
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| helping them to improve their maths and
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| | had, for example eight plus two.
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| will explain how I do this in this
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| | Obviously at the start he made quite a
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| article. Playing the sports themselves is
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| | few mistakes when adding up the scores
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| also very good for them as a way of
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| | but he soon picked up how to add either
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| keeping them fit and away from the
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| | two, four or six to any given number.
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| television, which most children watch far
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| | I then thought about which other sports
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| too much of in my opinion.
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| | that I could also use to help him with
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| I will use my five year old son as an
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| | his maths. I am sure there are many
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| example of how I use different sports to
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| | sports out there which would have been
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| help him with his maths. I will never
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| | suitable but the other two we used were
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| forget the first time I thought about
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| | snooker and rugby.
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| including maths in a sport. I basically
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| | Snooker is actually the perfect sport to
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| did it just by chance, for example it was
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| | use as the different colours are worth
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| not exactly planned. My son loves playing
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| | different points and this gives many more
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| cricket and originally we would take a
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| | options than just two, four and six.
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| bat and ball to a local park and use the
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| | These are the values of the different
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| dustbin as a wicket. When he was about
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| | balls in snooker, the red is worth one
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| four I decided to introduce the concept
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| | point, the yellow two, the green three,
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| of runs into the game for the first time.
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| | the brown four, the blue five, the pin
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| If he reached the tree with one of his
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| | six and the black seven.
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| shots he would score two runs, if he
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| | I am sure that many other parents could
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| reached the fence he would score four
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| | use these same ideas to help their own
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| runs and if he reached the fence without
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| | children to develop their adding up
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| the ball hitting the ground he would
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| | skills in maths.
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