Another light bulb went on for Brian today. At school his class has been working really hard on addition this year, and Brian typically uses his fingers or counts the objects on the page. Eddie taught him a trick last week about saying the biggest number and then counting from there. For example if you were to add 7+4, you would say seven and then count (possibly using your fingers) eight, nine, ten, eleven.
Today while working on his math packet, Brian told me that his teacher had taught him a shortcut, and proceeded to explain the above example. So I guess Mrs. Morton gets credit for this trick. Sometimes it just takes a few exposures to the same concept to actually grasp it.
I love that his teacher LOVES math. She enjoys it, and she challenges the kids, which helps them learn to love and appreciate math.
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