During the holidays I was invited to some friends' home. Their 9 yr old son was doing his math homework in the kitchen. Multiplication. He was totally lost. When he tried to explain to me "how " he was to figure these problems out...I was lost.
So together he and I made up some homemade "flash cards". It was fun practicing with him for a little while. He began to understand and get some right.
I really felt sorry for him, cause he was getting set up by his govt school. I went to public school for years..we never had this kind of crap they are passing off as learning. They think they are using such creative ( and when used in the right setting,very effective) methods as Montessori...funny thing, the teachers or schools have no idea of what works, when and how.
"He was totally lost. When he tried to explain to me "how " he was to figure these problems out...I was lost. "
I tried with my kid to explain the concept of addition (with diagrams) to my kid when he was very young. For example: "If you have 2 apples, and then you get 3 more, how many do you have?" Uh, 7? - it didn't work. I finally blew off the idea of him learning the concept and went right to flash cards. I figured he'd pick up the concept on his own anyway. I was right. It worked perfectly.
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