Multiplication-Division |
How do we teach multiplication and division with understanding? A friend of mine got ahold of me because she was concerned that her 4th grade daughter was struggling with division. Once I dug in a bit I realized that her concern was that her daughter didn’t know how...
Add-Subtract-Place Value, Fact Fluency, Multiplication-Division, Subitizing |
Should kids be using their fingers in math class? I’m getting ready to do some webinars all about how kids get stuck in that phase where they’re counting on their fingers for addition and skip counting on their fingers for multiplication. Every time I do...
Add-Subtract-Place Value |
Why do kids need to know how to compose and decompose numbers? Composing and decomposing numbers makes math problems so much easier because it helps kids to make numbers friendlier. Today, I would like you to stick around as we investigate the power of composing and...