When you survey students about the subject they like the most, more likely just a few of them will answer 'Math'. No wonder even yours truly do not like it so much especially Algebra. No offense to my teachers in highschool, I only learned it now from the tutorial videos in Youtube because I have to so I will be able to teach my homeschooled children. I may not be that in-terested to learn it before that is why. Finding a way to make the learning process more exciting and easier to grasp became a challenge to me. Parents experience (like mine) plus technological advancement gives the millenials more advantage to conducive studying.
I learned this method from Mrs. Juanita Lagmay, my grade six teacher. She teaches Math applying a bit of music to it. She maybe worried that we could not recognize odd from the even numbers she thought of a melody to sing it and she landed to the tune of 'Sitsiritsit' and here it goes:
"1,3,5,7 are odd numbers
2,4,6,8 even numbers
_+_+_+_ the answer s
_+_+_.."
I have to find her to remind me of the missing lyrics, friends - somehow the addends can be replaced as long as it is equal to one another. But still the 'meat' of the song which is the 'odd and even numbers' are remarkably unforgettable if for example you forgot the theory; by remembering those examples given - it is a BIG hint, indeed!
I found a very useful Youtube channel that employs music while teaching, that is IF you do not love composing. See the link below the snippet: