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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
If she is counting on her fingers she doesn't have good comprehension in basic addition. That is the foundation of everything.
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PO, according to you I don't have good comprehension of basic addition. I could read into this that since I'm lacking that, I'm never going to do well at math. I still add on my fingers. I can not memorize multiplication tables and calculate every multiplication problem using addition, which I do use my fingers for. I also just did some reading up on the touch method (what you're calling the dot method) for addition and I created my own modified form of this to get through math. I am also an extremely visual person, to be honest I see myself in a lot of what Rico has said about his daughter. Some people just think differently, it doesn't make their methods wrong. I think for some children, the touch method is going to be their key to unlocking the world of math. For others, not so much.
Rico's taking the time to look at his daughter, her learning style, what resources are available, and attempting to create an enrichment program that will carry her through school. Not an easy game for sure. It's making me almost crazy to see you saying there is absolutely one way that's good, or that something is absolutely bad. That is simply not true. Each program that exists will work for a number of students. Learning styles are so varied, and so fascinating.
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