Comments on: Problem Solving-Much More than Addition and Subtraction

By: Rita Friedewald

Rita Friedewald — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 03:11:54 +0000

It is so very important to use the proper vocabulary words when the children are communicating about math situations. These words aid in their understanding of the processes they are working in and in their daily activities.

By: gw

gw — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:36:53 +0000

having the kids process what they see and group it helps them navigate their environment better

By: Molly Anderson

Molly Anderson — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 02:03:31 +0000

I agree with this post. Working with young two year olds, I spend the first month showing them how to do it and having them try first. Then I tell them they can do it!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:24:24 +0000

Hi Maria….it is at http://www.mathathome.org. This will bring you to the home page. There you look at the top of your screen and will see a dashboard of items. The items that are on the page are :
Home. About. Increase Your Knowledge. Set Up Your Environment. Find A Math Lesson. Professional Development. BLOG. Resources
Click on the one that says BLOG and you will be at the blog.

By: Maria Trevino

Maria Trevino — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:28:17 +0000

I’ve beeb having problem to find the lesson when I’m taking the clas Math at home. I’m searching for the flog they asked I cant’ find it.

By: Karen Seminary

Karen Seminary — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:28:02 +0000

I believe that children are more likely to live up to the expectations we have for them even if the expectations may be a bit challenging at first.

By: Karen Seminary

Karen Seminary — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:26:45 +0000

I agree with this post and it was a little bit challenging to change my wanting to help by doing into helping by having them do for themselves but children are more likely to live up to the expectations we have for them even if the expectations may be a bit challenging at first.

By: mary

mary — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:39:57 +0000

I loved this video and explanation. So many times I have found my class say 8 boys = 7 girls 15 children and I now see clear the problem is they do not understand the language and the meaning of the symbols because I have not explained them clearly enough and I now have ideas on how to fix this problem and help the children get a better understanding of what we are doing

By: Allison Finnegan

Allison Finnegan — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:15:06 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with the above comments; the temptation is to race to give the child the answer even though the process of problem solving for the child is as important as coming up with the correct answer. We need to slow down, hand it over to the child, and listen to what their approach is. Then we can jump in and meet them where they are at with scaffolding support.

By: Kimberly Gogerty

Kimberly Gogerty — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:06:09 +0000

It is important for our children to try and figure out different scenarios on problem solving themselves and then we can step in and communicate with them how they came to that conclusion.