Monday 27 September 2010
It's so welcoming ...
Was very encouraged by a comment made about the website by a parent. 'It's so welcoming and very friendly!' Great I thought - if that means people can visit a website about maths and not be put off and feel welcomed, I am very pleased!
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Good on her!
Stopped by a friend today who did the 'Take the Test'. She didn't know there was another way to subtract that was very different from her method. She has made a mental note to make sure she went into her daughter's school when maths evening available.
Great I thought - it has warned her that methods might be different, and she is going to do something about it! Good on her!
Great I thought - it has warned her that methods might be different, and she is going to do something about it! Good on her!
Saturday 4 September 2010
Would you believe it!
No sooner had this site gone live than we have a couple of friends over for dinner; discussion turns to my work, I tell them about Take the Test and it turns out (with much No, I do it that way and You don't, do you?) that they subtract differently. What’s more, they’d been married for 25 years and never realised… I’m looking forward to hearing some more stories!
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Welcome!
What an exciting and interesting time to be launching my website!
It's the beginning of a new school year. For some, it is the start of a new phase in your life as your child starts school for the first time.
But in it all, as parents, you are there for your children, guiding them through.
My hope is that my website will be of help to you as you do that.
Please take away the confusion!
"I thought it came in with the National Curriculum", said one parent to me as she described the "funny way" her child did her subtractions. I explained to her that the method her child was using to subtract, called Decomposition, was far from new; my father had been taught that way in the 1920s and so had my husband in the late 1950s, whereas I had been taught the way she had learnt, known as Equal Addition.
But in it all, as parents, you are there for your children, guiding them through.
My hope is that my website will be of help to you as you do that.
Please take away the confusion!
"I thought it came in with the National Curriculum", said one parent to me as she described the "funny way" her child did her subtractions. I explained to her that the method her child was using to subtract, called Decomposition, was far from new; my father had been taught that way in the 1920s and so had my husband in the late 1950s, whereas I had been taught the way she had learnt, known as Equal Addition.
Check out the two methods in the take the test and identify which way you were taught. It's something I would like to know and please let me know how you, your family and friends subtract too!
Best wishes,
Rosemary
Best wishes,
Rosemary
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