Archive for the ‘K-2 Curriculum’ Category

I’ve had variations of the following conversation with relatives a couple of times in recent months. Has something similar happened to you? “She loves playing DreamBox and was doing fine. But now the questions are too hard and she’s getting frustrated.” “Hmm… Have you perhaps been helping her with her answers?” “Well… not… really. She hates getting questions [...]

This video clip illustrates to humorous effect how important place value is. It's pretty easy to see how a child without the understanding of place value might accidentally create a math solution like Ma and Pa Kettle. Ma & Pa Kettle Math: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7106559846794044495&hl=en