Want a great, easy, and fun way to teach your child math or just improve their math skills? The most simple way is to play shop with them. You can do this in a variety of ways. The easiest is the grocery store method. You can gather items, price then have your child be the clerk. Get  some play money or make your own.

Playing shop always them to learn how to add and subtract. You can also teach multiplication by using a small kitchen scale and produce. Have your child weight the produce and then figure up the total cost based on the number of pounds you have. You can have your child use a calculator or do what I do and have them use a plain piece of paper (my receipt) and do it all by hand.  This allows them to depend more on their brains than a machine.

There are all sorts of ways for you to get creative and teach other math skills. Try having buy one get one free items and only get one, have sales for a percentage off. The important thing is that you are teaching your child the skills they need and they are learning while having a good time.