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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing I keep thinking over and over again is that I was foolish to have trusted my pretty nice public schools to teach math K-5.  They did a bad job though I don't blame teachers.  Our teachers did what they were told as best they could.  By which I mean showing all those model diagrams, encouraging math exploration with manipulatives,  doing small group differentiated instruction with all levels in one class, experimenting with math video games.

[b]Drill and kill would have worked better.[/b]  I should have worked with my kids on IXL.  I don't think they would have liked Beast Academy or RSM. [b] I personally don't like Kumon.[/b]  Mine did Mathnasium in middle school and high school.  And it was okay but expensive.  And my older lacks math intuition.  Just like me.

[b]So Asian/Asian-American parents make their kids do this stuff.  I just wish I had[/b].  You don't need to go all the way to cram school to foster more comfort with elementary math.[/quote]

Your post doesn't make any sense. You say drill and kill would have been better but then you say you don't like Kumon, which is drill and kill to get down the basics of math. It is like practicing scales and the fundamentals when learning to play an instrument. You wish you had made your kids do more math but then weren't willing to put in the time to make your kids do Kumon. You can't have it both ways. [/quote]

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