I love it! Don't give me any ideas... I have just enough of a latent sarcastic streak (and she does too) to send her back to school some day spouting trivia about the golden ratio or something. :-D
The teacher just wants them to work a few straight-up math problems each evening. 65+43, 87-34, 7x14, etc. On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Jason Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious what the teacher means by a 'math fact'. Does she just mean > problems like what you're creating because a math fact could be just about > anything historical about the evolution of math or a day-to-day usable > example of math. Also it would seem like using the least efficient method > would be the most instructive for a child because you're going to teach > them each point in the thought process. > > > Just curious about the problem more than the solution there. > > Kudos for being attentive. > > ... > Of course I don't have children because teaching them not to be horrible > adults seems counterintuitive to the loudest and most pervasive visual > examples lauded in our society. > >
