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My first grade child's homework sheet asked this question:

Write the numbers 7 - 10 on the lines below. Then circle the number you wrote best.

I started looking into Kumon the next day.[/quote]

I've taught EDM and prefer other programs, but I don't understand this particular piece of critcism.  Practicing number writing is a pretty universal piece of first grade curriculum, and trying something and then going back to evaluate your is a pretty stamdard technique for developing handwriting.

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Universal - where? In the US? No need to practice number writing separately. The more problems you work on, the better your numbers are going to look. This is a ridiculous question and a waste of time.[/quote]

As a teacher, I'd say that's not true.  For both number writing and handwriting, kids need the opportunity to slow down and pay attention to number formation.

At the beginning of first grade, lots of kids are still making reversals, or starting their numbers from the bottom up.  Both of these are habits you don't want to reinforce through practice.  Writing the numbers once, while paying attention to formation and matching a model, before applying number writing to other problems on the same pages increases the likelihood that kids will form their numbers correctly, on the rest of the worksheet.

Kumon has worksheets where kids practice writing numbers over and over, not just 4 numbers (taking all of 20 seconds) at the beginning of a worksheet.  [/quote]

Hey, teacher, how many differential equations have you solved? I believe about zero. So, just shut up. You have no clue what knowing math is like or how to get there.[/quote]

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