FRACTIONS
- Whole/Part
The concept of whole/part can be taught to child by providing real life experiences,
say for instance, an apple or lemon be given to the child and be asked to explore its
shape and size. Later, the object may be cut into pieces, say halves or even of lesser
magnitudes and the child be given the opportunity to explore their size. Once the
child is given the opportunity to explore the same apple/lemon first as a whole and
then as parts, he/she will be able to conceptualize the idea of whole/part.
Otherwise, to make the teaching process still simpler, first provide the child with a
full sheet of paper and then tear the paper into parts, say into four parts and provide
to the child to explore both, first as a whole and then in parts.- One–fourth / One-half / Three- fourth
Half denotes either of two equal or matching parts into which something is or can be
divided.
To teach the concept to the child, provide him/her with a heap of even number of
beads. Ask the child to divide the given heap, into two smaller heaps to contain same
number of beads in each.