Some children think they are good at a certain subject from birth. That they are born with the ability to play cricket, play the piano or understand math. A fixed idea can prevent a child from trying hard or making mistakes. 

BD Memorial Kolkata encourages the development of the mentality. No one was born good at math. Even geniuses in mathematics would not have achieved such a performance if they had not tried. Just as we exercise our physical muscles, so we can develop our brain through effort.

Many students get the wrong impression that Mathematics is a difficult and useless subject in everyday life. To be successful in the more advanced parts of mathematics, children must memorize the basics to the level of automatisms, and this can be achieved through skill and repetitive exercises.

At BD Memorial, one of the best schools in Kolkata, we are encouraging parents to convince children of the usefulness of Mathematics in everyday life. Give a little one concrete example from your family life: payments, shopping, renovations, in which you need to calculate the need for materials, invite him to cook together, and use math to calculate portions and prepare food. If you go by car, don't forget to take your math. Put on your schoolboy to calculate Km, litters of fuel, travel budget. 

Mathematics is a subject in which many rules, formulas, notations are used. To solve an exercise correctly, the child must understand what is required in the statement of the exercise, but also the mathematical notations as well the formulas used. If these things are unclear to him, he will not be able to solve the exercise, moreover, the dropout rate of solving the exercise is very high. Consequently, this will lead to the accumulation of gaps and the loss of the pleasure to learn math. Mathematics is a rather thick subject, but well structured. Compared to other subjects Mathematics cannot be studied by leaps and bounds. If he does not know the addition of numbers he cannot learn to subtract or multiply numbers, and if he does not learn to multiply numbers he cannot understand the division and rise to power. In other words, mathematics must be learned constantly and continuously.

As one of the top schools in Kolkata, we know that even when children are constantly and constantly learning, problems can arise. Whether they forgot a formula or jumped to a theorem, these gaps will be observed at some point, because Mathematics it's like the bicycle chain. A link broke, the chain jumped, and the bike stopped. When we notice that our students have gaps, we make sure they do recover. 

If these issues are ignored, the accumulation of gaps will cause a decrease in the children’s abilities to understand and learn Mathematics. And from here to disaster is only one step. The fact that they will not be able to understand Mathematics will then influence the pleasure of learning and discovering it.

One reason for poor math results is that students sometimes skip some steps in solving the math exercises. A complex math exercise is solved in several steps, following the rules of mathematics. Performing several operations in one step can easily generate an error that can lead to a wrong result of the exercise. By jumping over 1 or 2 steps, it will be difficult for the child to find out where he went wrong. At BD Memorial Kolkata, we make sure no step is skipped, even if it means writing a line or two more for each exercise. The child is introduced to the basic concepts of mathematics, such as counting and addition, by using representative objects in kindergarten. In the first two classes, they will have an extensive practice of addition and subtraction of whole numbers by one digit, along with learning other notions and skills. In the third grade, the child will learn the multiplications, which they will deepen in the fourth grade when the division will be introduced. As children learn more complex things, the challenges will grow. Thus, over time, a child who did not understand simple mathematical concepts may have problems with understanding time and distance, measuring length or quantity, recalling mathematical rules, multiplication and division, understanding the value of money, understanding graphics and maps.

BD Memorial, one of the top schools in Kolkata, emphasizes that children should understand mathematical concepts before they need to memorize them. In other words, they should be able to visualize the concept and apply it to real problems, to make sense to them. Using simple objects, children should be able to represent 12-3 = 9 by physically moving objects and identifying problems. At BD Memorial, one of the best schools in Kolkata, we know that at an early age, in primary school, math difficulties can occur when the child does not understand simple concepts such as "more", "less", "big" or "small" or concepts related to quantity or order. 

We have often heard parents say in front of their children: "I didn't like Math either" or "I also had low grades in Mathematics". Such statements made in front of your child will have a negative influence. Soon your resentments towards Mathematics will become the feelings of your child. 

A child who does not do well in mathematics is not lacking in intelligence or being lazy but needs more support to become better. Being a girl or a boy has nothing to do with math skills. So the fact that boys do better in math than girls does is a myth. All children develop mathematical skills, but at different levels. Some may develop math anxiety. Having problems with math can make children feel that they are not smart enough, which can affect their self-esteem. Help your child understand that everyone is having problems in a certain area and everyone needs to work harder at some point to get the results they want.