As far as long division is concerned, it no longer has the importance it had in past generations. No one today spends time on their job doing long division. Long division with that guessing component is not used higher mathematics. It is rarely on ... Read More
RS2 Level C, Lesson 53: Subtraction Puzzle
There’s been some chatter on the forum groups about RS2 Level C, Lesson 53 and Lesson 54 and the Worksheet 25. I thought this would be a dandy topic for this week’s blog. Here’s the worksheet in question. It’s asking the child to complete the ... Read More
RS2 Level B, Lesson 100: Introducing Area
As many of you know, when we find errors in our manuals, we make the corrections immediately (because we print our books in house as needed), then post the information online here under corrections at the bottom of that page. Recently, someone ... Read More
RS1 Level E, Lesson 104: Classifying Polygons
This week’s discussion on taken from RS1 Level E, Lesson 104. Well, actually, it’s more related to Worksheet 115, the worksheet for this lesson. The lesson is on classifying polygons, but the problem spot is the measurements of the pentagons, ... Read More
RS2 Level B, Multiplication as Arrays
Today we’re going to talk about why we teach multiplication to our younger children. Earlier this week I talked with Jenna from Portland. She was wondering why we’re teaching multiplication at this level. Very good question, Jenna! We introduce ... Read More
RS2 Level C, Lesson 113
This week’s blog is coming in from California and is compliments of Karen and her eight-year-old son, Aaron. They are in RS2 Level C, Lesson 113, and had a question on the worksheet. Lesson 113, Addition Sum Line Plots, has us first determine the ... Read More