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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you always this literal?[/quote]

Not at all, but it seems EVERY time a poster mentions having their child do math sheets, there is ALWAYS someone against it who says: "I teach my child by baking" I mean, baking is great as an activity to illustrate, show real application of a math concept, but not one is learning fractions only by baking once. And I doubt people are baking everyday just to teach/reinforce a math concept.[/quote]

11.44 again.  I’m firmly in favor of whatever is needed to help a child learn.  As I said, there are many things I can teach in the kitchen, but it’s not a full curriculum (not even math), and most numeracy lessons start outside of the kitchen first.  I’m not going to teach lcm to find a new denominator while I have oil all over my hands; I will tell a child to pull out the white board and get to work figuring it out from a lesson earlier.  Yes, I frequently start measurements and early geometry (preschool through maybe first or second) in the kitchen, but those work well in there.[/quote]

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