Half of my school life was spent feeling terrified of maths. I developed a low-key math-phobia which was so intense that I still get nightmares of bombing my math exams! While the only advice I received on how to tackle maths was to keep on practising, I really wished for it to be easier, or at least made simpler by my teachers.
However, one school in Karnataka sure is making maths easier and more enjoyable for its students. According to a report by The Indian Express, a video of students reciting multiplication tables while singing and dancing is going viral on the internet.
Have a look!
If only I was taught 3-Table like in this #Kannada school.
Not sure about my #math, would have at least got good in #dance by now:).
Wonder which #Karnataka school this is?@readingkafka @neeleshmisra pic.twitter.com/RaUKrFZfFL— Vasanthi Hariprakash (@vasanthihari) January 21, 2020
People on the internet are impressed by how teachers are thinking of innovative ways of teaching maths to students. Activities like these don’t just make it easier for kids to remember what they were taught but also make learning fun!
Nice way to learn the tables.. dance , enjoy n learn..
— 🌄 morning rays 🌅 🇮🇳 (@anjpkini) January 22, 2020
Thanks for sharing! This month I have seen several such videos from Karnataka govt. schools where students were taught lessons in very creative ways. Great going @nimmasuresh sir! Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
— Samir #SocialDistance Rakshit (@rakshitmca) January 22, 2020
Now I know why girls always excelled both in math and dance!
Thanks for the answer I have been seeking for years, Vasanthi! 🙂
On a serious note, awesome effort by the school, any idea which school this is.@RekhaBasavaraju @mani1972ias – should encourage these learning efforts!— ತರ್ಲೆ 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓂𝒶 (@BLRrocKS) January 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/1nkb/status/1219807017004453888
Good idea everyone should follow the method.
— ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎ ಎನ್ (@Prakash30741788) January 22, 2020
if I had learnt tables like this , I would have been a better dancer
— suvarna veerappa (@SuvarnaVeerappa) January 22, 2020
According to NDTV, another video of a teacher using a mindblowing hack to teach the multiplication table for 9, making it extremely easy for her students, is going viral. Have a look:
Whaaaat? I didn’t know about this clever shortcut. Wish she had been MY math teacher. I probably would have been a lot better at the subject! #whatsappwonderbox pic.twitter.com/MtS2QjhNy3
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 22, 2020
The trick was so clever that it even impressed Shah Rukh Khan!
Can’t tell you how many of my life’s issues this one simple calculation has solved wow! Sending it to #byju to include it in their teaching methods. https://t.co/nC8qIojGVF
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 22, 2020
While some highlighted that this trick can only be used for 9’s table, many were left amazed!
Wow sir amazing. 🤗I never thought this can also be a fun trick for multiplication.😀🙏 More School teachers needs to adopt such fun methods to teach kids, so that they learn without any stress and can enjoy as well. By this as school attendance can also be increased. 🙏
— Dr.Deepa Sharma (@deepadoc) January 22, 2020
How Sweet and Happy that Teacher sounded👍👍👍
Kudos to her ..
Teachers like her bring Nobility to this profession..🙏🙏🙏— Arun Rao 🇮🇳 (@ArunRaofinswim) January 22, 2020
This trick will work only for 9 table… I also used this. 😁
— बड़ा शिकारी (@NimrodPunch) January 22, 2020
— Anti China Sadhu (@SadhuMaharaj16) January 22, 2020
If I knew any such tricks when I was in school, I wouldn’t have had math-nightmares to this day!