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How can I teach reading and math skills to children?

I would like to teach my younger godchildren how to read and install in them math and critical thinking skills. I especially what to encourage the girls to have an interest in math and science, which girls have a tendency to like a 'softer' subjects like English, social studies, etc. I want the boys to do the same as well. How do I go about doing this? Any suggestions will greatly be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

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1. subscribe to the education world weekly newsletter its free and morever u will find lots of ideas to make the subject more interesting
2. if they are between 3 and 5 years old and have not started learnign to read at school, get this book "teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons" all you need is the book, (and some regular paper and a pencil,), you don't need to buy extra stuff like the hooked on phonics plans
3. Try to make a game out of it. A game I played in school to learn multiplication was like the card game War. we used a regular deck of cards(ace is one, jack is 11, queen is 12 and king is 13). The two people would each open a card and the first to multiply (one chance and it had to be right) would get the cards. The one with the most amount of cards won. For Science get a tape of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" because, even though it is a little old, it still teaches alot. Also show how the things you learn can be (and will be) used in the real world. Almost like a field trip. I really hope this helps, in the future or now.
4. Using inter-active software in these subjects would be very useful. I have seen kids making a quantum jump in their grasp and understanding by using inter-active computer programmes. Ofcourse, a lot would depend upon you getting the right ones, but I wouldn't be able to tell you about that, as I'm not based in USA.