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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Worksheets?  Dull, narrow, repetitive - why is this a good thing?

I'm non-Asian, but I read Tiger Mom with some degree of approval and handed it to my daughters to read.  No TV, lots of extra math and science, made the kids learn an extra language, limits on sports.

But most worksheets just teach you to do worksheets.

"Studies of children have shown repeatedly that young children learn best through active involvement with real objects in child-directed play. Children learn to read by being exposed to stories, books, and language from very early in life, rather than phonics drills or worksheets. They learn math by [b]sorting, counting, and dividing real objects[/b], not through completing problems on paper." http://www.nncc.org/Curriculum/dc26_worksheet.html[/quote]

Everything helps, what's a couple of sheets?   What do people do have kids count all the oranges and apples at home?   Will your kid understand the word problems at school without practice, I didn't.[/quote]

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