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As I have mentioned I have been trying to find different ways to do math with the girls. The sort of do math at school, but big-sis is pretty quick and sneeky, so she has figured out that she can do everything with her fingers and doesn’t need to memorize anything.
So today as I was downloading Killer Soduku puzzles from the Times Online about Tetsuya Miyamoto. He has developed a new way of motivating kids in math through puzzles (Times Article). Here’s is his official website. You have to love Japan.
April 12th, 2008 at 8:07 am
I taught my son multiplication by playing battle with him- if he got the numbers right he won, if not I won! It worked- I wish I had known that trick for addition, it’s clever.