tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post4991981950377060993..comments2021-09-12T21:04:17.093-04:00Comments on Elsie and Joe Deluxe: crisisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-26802725823624574382008-03-13T22:01:00.000-04:002008-03-13T22:01:00.000-04:00You know what? I never liked math until it got to...You know what? I never liked math until it got to algebra. THEN it got interesting. The early stuff was just something to get through. Trouble is, I believe you really do need the foundation in order to easily succeed at the interesting, conceptual, fun stuff. <BR/><BR/>And I believe Big has to know how to do it, and do it easily, but your plan of conceptual some days and the other stuff Granna Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298063158081735209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-59935481026975115292008-03-13T14:24:00.000-04:002008-03-13T14:24:00.000-04:00I can't say much about teaching math, but the idea...I can't say much about teaching math, but the idea of getting frustrated at a child for not just sitting down and getting through the task at hand sounds familiar to me. THere is a tension between wanting them to enjoy it, to love learning, and them learning that sometimes they have to suck it up and knuckle down. I remember going to a professional development workshop once where the guy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-77640840631695823212008-03-13T10:01:00.000-04:002008-03-13T10:01:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for the book recommendation. It loo...Thanks so much for the book recommendation. It looks awesome. And all the best to you as you come into a new math plan.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103167694603570050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-495373157506005992008-03-13T06:36:00.000-04:002008-03-13T06:36:00.000-04:00Shaun, Thanks so much for these thoughts. I'm not ...Shaun, Thanks so much for these thoughts. I'm not so sure you haven't said something brilliant. I didn't know about the Zaccaro books, and I'm going to see if I can get one today at the local teacher store. <BR/><BR/>I don't have math anxiety, but I realized last night that we're doing exactly the kind of math I hated as a child. So we're going to change things around. We'll do interesting, Lizabeth Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285701124252639728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-64938549795629500422008-03-12T17:48:00.000-04:002008-03-12T17:48:00.000-04:00I wish I had something brilliant to say on the sub...I wish I had something brilliant to say on the subject. My own observation is simply that long division seems to bring many a homeschooler to tears, and it might be best not to derive too much homeschool philosophy from such a miserable topic. But then, I'm off the hook for several years now that Violet has mastered it.<BR/><BR/>Have you looked at the Ed Zaccaro math books -- they say something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com