The 6-year old had Fall Break last week, so no homework and no
enVisionMATH-blogging for me. Tonight, however, she brought home
a new worksheet for her weekly homework, and a couple of things
caught my eye. I thought I’d throw those out there to you all,
along with a question or two, as a two-part blog post. For the
first post, take a look at this (click to enlarge): In your own
words, preferably those that a smart 6-year old could
understand, what is the basic principle that this page is trying
to get across? What technique does this worksheet want kids to
use when doing the Algebra problems? What’s your opinion about
the principle/technique you think the worksheet is trying to
communciate? Reasonable? Natural? Likely to be useful, or used
frequently later on? The last post about enVisionMATH and how I,
as a math person and dad, go about trying to make sense of what
my 6-year old brings home from first grade seems to have struck
a chord among parents. The comments have been outstanding and
there seems to be