Schools and math
Oct. 7th, 2009 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petmoosieMy county is asking for feedback on their math curriculum.
One thing is asking what experiences my child has had that have helped her learn math. Well, dice-based games, such as Sorry, Settlers of Catan, Monopoly and other games with a lot of parts, are really helpful. I think that indoor recess should be game time or maybe an after-school club. The other really useful thing is pretend shopping with real money.
One experience that has really not helped is the state quarters thing. It's annoying that the same value of money can look so different.
Not that my county can do anything about the state quarters (or the different nickels, either). And the delay in learning about the quarter wasn't much.
One thing is asking what experiences my child has had that have helped her learn math. Well, dice-based games, such as Sorry, Settlers of Catan, Monopoly and other games with a lot of parts, are really helpful. I think that indoor recess should be game time or maybe an after-school club. The other really useful thing is pretend shopping with real money.
One experience that has really not helped is the state quarters thing. It's annoying that the same value of money can look so different.
Not that my county can do anything about the state quarters (or the different nickels, either). And the delay in learning about the quarter wasn't much.
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Date: 2009-10-07 09:15 pm (UTC)And there are at least three varients of 10 and 20 dollar bills right now.
Then again, there have been two quarters and dollars since 1976 (I've seen 4 bicentennial quarters in the last month). ... and schools rarely mention 2-dollar bills, which are still in circulation, if more rare lately.
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Date: 2009-10-09 01:11 pm (UTC)http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/