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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't even think that's a big deal if your child can learn them without difficulty. My kid didn't have the tables memorized but picked them up during school.[/quote]

+1 our school said to NOT memorize them at the AAP orientation.[/quote]

That doesn't even make any sense!  Why would teachers ever tell students "don't bother learning ___"????  Bizarre.  My older kid who wasn't going to AAP learned her mulltiplication during the summer before 3rd grade b/c I knew it would give her confidence in 3rd grade and it would reduce her stress during the year b/c she wouldn't be trying to memorize them.  I cannot understand why anyone wouldn't use the summer to imprint/reinforce skills that don't come easily or just use the summer to make the rest of the busy school year easier.  Slow and steady wins the race.[/quote]

Perhaps the teachers have valid reasons:  we teach a certain way, we teach as a group to reinforce with group related rewards, we don't want the kids feeling 'bored' because they are rehashing old material, etc.  Don't you have faith in the system enough that if a third grade teacher told this to the whole set of parents whose kids were going into the AAP program and in front of the principal and assistant principal and the other two third grade teachers that there is a valid basis for it, even if you don't agree?  [/quote]

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