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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I can teach my elementary school kids to read and how to do arithmetic. Especially when given a solid curriculum.

Good grief, what kind of country are we where we think parents can't handle teaching their kids multi-digit addition and subtraction? After all the "experts" (paging Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas, or Gay Su Pinelle) have shown us they [b]don't[/b] know?[/quote]

Agreed.

We taught DC to read at home, after her preschool had taught her the letters and Basic phonics.  She is a great reader and reads for fun.  Preschool taught basic single-digit math addition/subtraction concepts by using objects, but we did regular reinforcement and practice at home; she is now a great mathematician able to add/subtract many columns of numbers using pencil and paper.  None of this took more than 10-20/minutes each day (total, both reading and math).  Now we are working on spelling at home (see separate thread on that).  Schools with a good curriculum can be great, but nothing beats a small amount of daily 1:1 time.[/quote]

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