All parents want to raise their children smart, capable of science. And early math classes can help. However, children do not really like this complex science. A fairy tale about numbers will help kids learn the basics of mathematics.
Math can be studied effortlessly
It would seem what kind of games and tales one can speak of when it comes to such a serious science as mathematics. However, wise teachers argue that even the younger preschoolers can explain the various nuances in this direction, if you make the lesson interesting and exciting for the kids. Stories where living creatures appear, which are given names - numbers and numbers - are perceived by beginners more effectively than a dry statement of material, facts and laws.
In addition, all children like stories in which fiction is interwoven with reality, where good conquers evil. Therefore, the fairy tale about numbers is still useful for kids and because it not only gives mathematical concepts, but also in the traditional allegorical manner reveals to them the essence of human relations.
The Tale of Decimals and Bit Units
Modern children enjoy reading fairy tales about numbers and numbers. And there are a lot of them in children's writers. Even the guys themselves compose amazing stories in which numbers appear.
For example, one girl came up with an amazing fairy tale about the kingdom, which was ruled by the wise and kind queen Thousand. She loved her subjects very much, which she constantly rewarded, multiplying by herself. And the inhabitants of her state from this became greater and more significant.
But then a disease happened with the queen, which turned her with the help of the terrible virus - the “changeling semicolon” - into 0.001. And now, multiplying her subjects, the queen reduced them a thousand times ... And no one could cure her, except for one very wise doctor. It was he who again instilled in the queen the shifter virus, which returned her former size. Here is such an amazing tale about numbers.
City Tens
This is a tale about numbers from one to ten. They, like people, lived in their own city, were friends, quarreled, reconciled and made mistakes. So, with the words “Once upon a time” the mathematical tale begins ...
In a beautiful small town, which is located on the banks of a forest stream, there were small colorful houses. They were very small, just even very tiny, no more than a matchbox. But to the inhabitants of this city, the houses seemed quite large. And all because the inhabitants of this settlement themselves were tiny, tiny, growing with a bean.
But, despite the small size of the inhabitants, passion in the town boiled serious. And one of the wise old-timers of the town, whose name was the number Six, decided to write down the most amazing stories in a book and name it “Tales of Numbers and Numbers”.
The first story is about numbers called "Who is more important?"
Naturally, the narrative began with the words "Once upon a time there were numbers." A mathematical tale, like any other, seems to be a lie, but there is an important hint in it that should be a lesson to good fellows and wise girls.
The numbers lived together yes according to. Four inseparable friends were especially alright: One, Two, Three, and Four. And only once happened and they had a dispute, who among them is more important. The beginning of his Four:
“Though I love you, my bosom friends, I must tell you one thing.” In fact, I am among us the most important. Look: the house has four corners, the table has four legs. The same number of paws in dogs and cats, wheels in cars. And therefore, from today you should contact me on “You”!
- What a nonsense! - the number Three was indignant. - The most important number among us is me! Just look: the number 3 in fairy tales is magical, magical. There are always three sons of kings, the tasks need to be completed, too, not four, not two, namely three. And the most important thing happens on the third day. Therefore, it’s better to call me “Mr. Three."
“Well, this is how to look,” Douba doubted. “People usually look for a mate to create a full-fledged family.” A person’s hands and feet are also paired. Just imagine that people walk on four legs - this is incomprehensible to the mind! And a person has two eyes and an ear. So let's better contact me on "You", so it will be fairer.
“That's right, but something is still wrong,” Edinichka laughed. “Although I am the smallest among us, I’m standing in the number line of the very first one.” And during the competition, for some reason, the winner is awarded the first place and a gold medal. And for the second it’s only silver laid ... I won’t talk about the third and fourth place here - it’s immodest somehow.
The highest quality people always call top-notch. A second-rate or, especially, a third-rate product, most buyers will bypass. Yes, and the skill of specialists is most often denoted by categories, where the first indicates the highest level.
And if we touch on the structure of the human body, then the organs, which people have one by one, are the most important: heart, liver, brain.
If you think about our main mission - to participate in mathematical operations, then only I can divide into myself any number without a remainder, and in such a way that it does not even notice it.
You know what? I think we are all equally important! And so do not argue about this. Let's not argue anymore. And let the words “Our friends and according to lived-were numbers” our mathematical tale and end. And new stories will be about interesting events that will occur in a town where residents do not argue and do not swear with each other.
And since then, the One, Two, Three and Four no longer figure out which of them is more important.
The second story called "The Tale of Number 5"
The incident is
Adventure here the other day:
Suddenly the Five came running
All in the dirt, dust, burrs!
“What is the matter with you? Where have you been? ” -
Wondered Seven and Eight.
“Oh, leave me alone guys!
To climb where they don’t ask
Ugly! I'm tired", -
She said so and fell ...
Six came out of the bushes:
"I'll tell you everything as it is.
This morning, the number Five
I ran for a walk with the Hare.
Then the hunter runs out
As expected, shoots.
Hare falls and Five
Fear rushed to run.
I put the Hare in the basket,
I raised the burden on my back
And he went to his home.
Five, get up! Bunny is alive!
One, two, three, four, five -
Bunny runs again!
Tales new friends
I will compose for all of you! "
The background of the third tale of the Seven-Poker
In the town of Tens lived the figure of Seven. Local residents teased her with a poker - a nickname for her was invented. And this figure, indeed, was very similar to this device in order to stir the coals in the furnace.
As you know, a poker is a thing with a strange character. On the one hand, it can be used to melt a stove and heat a house. A good thing seems to be necessary. And if you look at it from the other side, then you can warm it up with a poker so that it doesn't seem enough. Often in the stories about the life of our ancestors this cast-iron stick curved with the letter “G” appeared as a weapon of fights and even murders.
So the character of the Seven was also controversial. Yesterday she came up with a week, which includes 7 days, and the last, seventh, made a weekend. Oh, how grateful everyone was to her! And today I’m already pissed off at someone and let's yell: "Just get me - I will lower seven skins from you!"
And then she suddenly calmed down and painted such a beautiful rainbow in the sky - a sight for sore eyes! Seven multi-colored stripes curved in an arc, set fabulous gates.
Only this is not a story, but a saying. The beginning of the tale with the number 7 awaits the reader ahead ...
How Seven-Kocherga got a new home
Maybe that’s how it was, and maybe all this is a bastard. They only say that once the Seven decided to build a new house for itself. Yes, not simple, like everyone else, but special, so that it was about seven walls. She thought for a long time how to do this, racking her brains. Nothing happens! Seven had worn out a bunch of paper on the drawings, it exuded a pack of pencils, and the case never moved one iota.
The number Seven was very upset, right to the point of tears. Locked in her old house on the castle and does not go. All the numbers in the city were even worried, as if something bad had happened. They crowded around the fence, that the dwelling of the number Seven surrounded, they were discussing the situation, they were thinking what to do. And suddenly…
They heard that suddenly amazing music flowed from open windows. Yes, so wonderful that neither in a fairy tale nor in a dream to hear! Such a gentle and pleasant, such a soulful melody of the Seven turned out.
And she, it turns out, out of grief that the unusual house did not come out of her, came up with seven notes. And she learned to record with their help melodies overheard by the brook and rustling trees, birds singing and artisans humming under their breath. At first she simply recorded music on a sheet of music, and then she played the flute. So, to this day, musicians record their works with the help of these amazing icons.
What about the house? His numbers were built together for his neighbor Sevens! New, solid and there were exactly seven walls in it. And the numbers painted it in seven colors as if the rainbow itself had decided to rest on it. Since then, the Seven has not been teased by the Koker anymore. After all, she alone managed to create such wonderful things - a rainbow and music. And her name became "Seven Beautiful."
The fourth story, scary and terrible, about a bloodthirsty dragon named Zero
In a certain kingdom, the arithmetic state, there were numbers. A mathematical fairy tale would not be a fairy tale if different magic had not happened in it and miracles inexplicable. So the dragon was attacked by the bloodthirsty, evil and ruthless. His name was Zero.
He grabbed indiscriminately, multiplied on himself and destroyed. And all because after this action the numbers themselves turned into Zero. And after each crime, the dragon grew a new head, he became stronger and more bloodthirsty. Well, the inhabitants in the state became less and less. And then such a terrible event happened - the dragon abducted the princess herself! Mourning was declared throughout the state.
Here they began to think and guess numbers, how would they defeat the dragon, so that new, good and funny fairy tales could be composed and children should be told. And they decided to make friends with the dragon, although this was, it must be said, difficult.
They threw the numbers of lots, and it turned out that the princess should have gone to the dragon to help out number 9. In fairy tales, as you know, it is considered magic, because it turns out when you multiply the three (which is already part of the numbers of fairy-tale, magic) by itself . “Three times three times the sun rises, three times three times the dew on the grass falls - and a horseman on horseback appears from behind the mountain. So he will save the princess from the fierce serpent! ” said the royal prophets, performing their strange rites.
And so it happened. No wonder numbers play an important role in Russian folk tales. That's why here, exactly nine days later, the number Nine, mounted on a horse, drove up to the dragon's lair - the princess to rescue. And behind his bosom, he had a flask of spring water, which, they say, has magical powers.
And they met near the ninth mountain - the evil Zero and the selfless number of Nine. The dragon laughed here, with his tail hammered, the fire began to release from the mouth. But only the Nine was not at a loss, jumped up to him and stood in front of the dragon, splashing in his mouth with spring water, magical. And smile Nine did not forget, openly and friendly. Zero was even bewildered by amazement ... Before the dragon even managed to multiply his traditional way, the numbers 9 and 0 merged in an instant and turned into a single whole - the number Ninety.
And the princess came out of the dungeon, kissed her savior, who became ten times stronger and more magnificent, and gave him consent to become his faithful wife. They mounted a horse and drove home, happy and contented. Here the terrible fairy tale about numbers ended. In mathematics, anyone who is “excellent” or “good” in a journal is in the journal - he understood it. And who has little knowledge in this science - do not blame me, teach the rules and decide examples, look, the next time you will understand everything!
Why did the king have three sons, and why did the eyeless child have seven nannies?
Not only in real life, numbers play a huge role. In Russian folk tales very often three sons appear, three tasks, three days. And dragons or Serpents of the Mountain, which also appear three times, each time have an increasing number of goals: first three, then five, seven or nine, and the third, most difficult, once the monster can even have twelve. Numbers in Russian fairy tales play a purely symbolic role. A child who is not yet familiar with mathematics will not visually imagine exactly the number of goals of the dragon in question. For him, such concepts as increasing danger every time, and the fact that there were a lot of goals, are important.
Is there any algorithm to which numbers in proverbs, sayings, fairy tales obey ? Maybe there is. For example, three symbolizes perfection and harmony not only in Russian culture, but also throughout the world. Therefore, we still remember the three heroes. And to Ilya Muromets before his miraculous cure are precisely three elders. And the distant place where the hero of the fairy tale often goes is located far away, somewhere in the fifties.
In the Orthodox religion, there is the Holy Trinity, symbolizing the unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And in the ancient Slavic faith there was a deity of three heads. One head dominated the heavenly world, the second over the earthly, and the third over the underwater.
A train of fabulousness and sorcery also extends beyond the number seven. For example, everyone remembers tales in which seven-mile boots are found, Snow White falls to the seven dwarfs, just like the Sleeping Beauty, to the heroes of the corresponding amount.
In proverbs and sayings, the seven is also often found.
- Measuring seven times, one can only be cut off.
- Seven with a bipod, and one with a spoon.
- Seven miles to heaven.
- Seven do not wait.
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- Seven on the benches.
And such fame was entrenched in this number, most likely, because once, even before the decimal system of calculus, there was a septenary. That is, double-digit numbers did not begin after ten, but after seven.
The same goes for the number five. After all, there was a time when the calculus was fivefold and even eightfold. It remained a mystery only why the number eight did not leave its mark in folklore.
But the nine, even in the modern world, is often distinguished by people who are fond of the meanings of numbers and their influence on fate. This happens because this number, as it were, represents the beginning and end of a person’s life experience. It carries the last earthly lesson of mankind - forgiveness.
However, in sayings and proverbs there is also the number two, which is not included in the category of "magic". Rather, it is a reflection of the position of dialectical materialism, which reflects the unity and struggle of opposites.
- Two bears cannot get along in one den.
- Two boots - a pair, yes both on the left foot.
- To chase after two hares - not one to catch.
And in a modern fairy tale, two of the casket “help” the lazy Vovka. And often the stories tell of two daughters, where one is kind and hardworking, and the second is evil and lazy.
There are modern winged expressions with a variety of numbers, for example: “It's just like twice two,” “Twenty-five again!”, “It’s better to see with your own eyes once than to hear a hundred times.”
Numerology
Do you think that magic numbers only exist in fairy tales? Not at all! People have long been concerned about the impact on human destinies of numbers and numbers. And on this basis, numerology arose - either science, or belief in the mystical power of numbers. But be that as it may, but very many people no, no, and they draw their attention to the fact that the numbers of the bus ticket or the number of oncoming vehicles seem to have the gift of prediction. Perhaps this is a mere coincidence. But who knows…
Even the most inveterate cynics with great displeasure are accommodated in hotel rooms under the number 13 or 666. But almost everyone simply adores the seventh, third, fifth and ninth. Already such a glory was entrenched among them among the people - some are considered kind, magical, and others - bringing misfortune, even devilish.
Today you can find whole scientific works in which according to the scheme it is possible to calculate your "number" by date of birth and read about yourself on the page dedicated to this figure. The compilers of these works relate both the character of a person, his capabilities, and his future to this very “main” number. And as far as they are right, everyone decides for himself.