Comments on: Kindergarten math skills seem to be the best predictor of future achievement

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:12:14 +0000

That study is very interesting. I am a mother to a current kindergartner and I now understand why they use so many math concepts. I personally have always loved math and have even began teaching my son multiplication which is going well. I do understand how math can be such a vital predictor of future academic success, since it relies on logic and critical thinking, especially word problems. Now that I’ve read this I think I’ll try to focus on his mathematical skills since I’ve been so focused on his reading. Thanks for the info

By: Elona Hartjes

Elona Hartjes — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:30:40 +0000

Vilma,
I tried to get in touch with you, but your email wasn’t working properly. Could you please resend me the address. Thanks.

By: Vilma Badenhorst

Vilma Badenhorst — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:49:27 +0000

I’m homeschooling my children, I’m worried because my 6 years old girl keeps on confusing numbers 4 and 5. She can’t learn numbers from 13 to 19. I have been trying for 8 months and I don’t see a progress. Is that normal?

By: juliemarg

juliemarg — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:24:44 +0000

Great post – I submitted it to stumbleupon.com – perhaps you’ll get some new readers. ;^D

By: Lim Ee Hai

Lim Ee Hai — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:56:37 +0000

Concept in maths teaching is very important. It is like applying the idea of Pareto Ratio of 80 / 20. Learning concept is covering the 20% to solve the later part of the learning which is the 80%. We have to strike to make maths interesting to the young learners and keep them going further.

By: Elona

Elona — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:08:28 +0000

Mathew,
Thanks so much for sharing your insights as a primary school teacher. It makes perfect sense to me when you say kids need to understand number concepts. I wonder why I thought counting was enough? I guess I was focusing on reading more than math literacy. Now that I teach kids who need extra support with math, I see first hand how important understanding concepts is. After all, they can use a calculator. Sometimes I get stuck on the fact they don’t remember their times tables or how to do long division. I should really be talking about the concepts. Thanks for making me see that.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:50:06 +0000

Great post...I responded here .