Most of the children I've observed have not memorized their basic addition and subtraction facts in fourth grade and count on their fingers. Virtually none have memorized the multiplication tables. I am not impressed....
Most of the children I've observed have not memorized their basic addition and subtraction facts in fourth grade and count on their fingers. Virtually none have memorized the multiplication tables. I am not impressed....
My MOM and DAD AND teachers worked with me until I had mine memorized. But then again, let's do like the liberals do and blame it all on one thing I guess. It's the easy way out nowadays. Kids know more nowadays than people think actually. But with our focus on negativity and other things which I won't mention, it's hard to see that. I've taught AND observed many children and have seen the opposite in many cases. Those that I have seen such as you describe often have other reasons.