On Friday, October 14, I made an author visit to Sullivan’s Toy Store near the American University campus to talk about Longevity Publishing’s math facts workbooks.
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It is important to remember that before asking students to memorize math facts, to make sure they can show understanding of what the math fact means.
Example: 13-5=8 using my “Curvy Numbers” strategy*.)
Children ought to be able to show 13 objects and take away five to show that eight remain. (Or draw 13 lines, and cross out 5 to show 8 are left.)
Ask them to tell or solve a word math problem such as: There are 13 cupcakes on the plate. Five are pink, how many are not pink?
* To learn how the “Curvy Numbers” strategy works, search the Blog for past posts.
