This can be hard for some children to gain the concepts of mathematics

Make mathematics real with your child- try introducing terms such as half and quarters when you are cutting up a cake.

Count items when you are out and about- such as number of cars you can see on a journey

Useful equipment to teach this can be Numicon -  www.numicon.co.uk

You can also try using a Slavonic Abacus -You can see this on this link as well as downloading some ideas how to use it with your child

http://www.atm.org.uk/resources/

Make sure your child understands the “language” of mathematics- do they know that +, plus and add are all the same thing, for example?

Individuals with mathematical problems can sometimes be given a diagnosis of dyscalculia- see :

http://www.dyscalculiaforum.com/news.php

Use every day opportunities to reinforce learning about mathematics- cooking is excellent for this- when cutting a pie into slices for example you could talk about half/quarter etc

Try talking about heavier/lighter/more/less, taking away and adding when baking a cake.

Check that your child understands the language of mathematics- you could make a game with different signs and see if he or she can group all the signs that mean the same thing- such as plus, add, addition, sum

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com has lots of free maths activities all ready to practice.