bbrandonsmom Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 So ds was showing dh some of his math-the past few days of subtraction he'd done. Dh was looking at it, and specifically the problem of 6 balloons and 2 flying away, where ds wrote 6-2. He said, "Shouldn't it be a hand with 6 balloons, 2 balloons flying, and then a hand with 4 balloons?". I said, well, it's to make them think-look at the rest of the problems. After looking at them, and then the ones where he had to write the 2 addition problems with 2 subtraction problems under, in the same family, he seemed impressed. Said it seems hard, but understood it and said that if ds was getting it, then good. I'm just thrilled ds made the addition/subtraction connection right off-and I didn't even tell it to him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Sometimes adults make it more complicated than it is. I don't think kids need hands to actually see what's going on. If there's a bundle and two are separated flying away, it's obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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