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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Dot Math is NOT what you were taught.  You were taught touch math.  Dot Math is not bad!  Dot Math is the very best system in the world.   Touch math is the system that you are talking about that does damage to the ability to do math.    When people first use touch math they are impressed with what they think is fast and accurate results.  When I try to explain to them the dots on top of the numeral has been done in 1966 and it failed they get upset at me and defend touch math.   Later when they see the damage and harm done to their child's ability to do math they blame my dot math system instead of touch math.    For some reason people defend touch math but when they find out the harm done from their own experience they want to blame dot math.   Dot Math and Touch math are NOT the same thing.  They are completely different.  Please do not mix these system up or mix them together.    The Fun Book from the DotMath for kids system can be printed from the web site for free.   You will need some math ability to compare these two systems.  for  example :  you will need to understand groups and elements for venn diagrams.  You will find more information about groups of dots from the CIMM program.  You can find information on CIMM by typing   Enter the dots   into the Google search box.   I hope this help you put the blame on touch math where it belongs and not on dot math.   Anything is better than touch math but the best thing I have found is the CIMM system made by a person with a PHD who understand  groups and dots and how to teach that to children.[/quote]

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