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[quote=Anonymous]When I was in elementary school, I learned basic math that each number had a dot on it and that's how you add and subtract - by counting up or taking away the dots. Many years later, I still do it that way. I thought that's how everyone was taught but learned later it was some type of new math my school district tried for a while. Anyone else familiar with it? The reason I'm asking is that my preschooler is showing interest in basic math and I'd like to gently encourage that. But if dot math is a bad way to teach math, I don't want to get that in her head. How else were people taught adding and subtracting numbers? Pure memorization? Thanks![/quote]
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