I trained to teach primary children (5 to 11), but ended up teaching secondary (11-16). My training included teaching maths (note the "s" on the end), and, although I didn't actually teach maths to primary children, I did to secondary. In the UK, when being taught addition (+) the word "and" is used. When being taught multiplication (x) "times" is used.
I've just looked up some notes from my training days and they say "Try to put maths into everyday contexts. eg A child can be asked about when he/she went shopping with his/her mother/father/parent/guardian. 'You bought one bag of 4 apples and one bag of 6 oranges. How many bags of fruit did you buy? How many pieces of fruit were there altogether?" Any child who came up with the answer 24 pieces of fruit would definitely have been thought to have serious problems with maths. And as for the concept of one *multiplied* by one for the age of children that was aimed at ............... The original quote about money being the root of all evil is from the New Testament of the Bible, and is nearly always quoted incorrectly without the words "For the love of": 1Timothy 6,10. 'For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.' So I'm with Tamara on this one. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
