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Answered Americans should focus more time on mathematics and logic than Dr.Seuss books.
There is a book on math by a war camp survivor. It was written by Trachtenburg. The complete title and can be found with Readers Digest in book stores is The Trachtenburg Method of Math. It was originally taught to elementary students that were "backward" or behind in math. They went up againt ENIAC, the first computer and beat it. The system allows one to do addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and roots as fast as one can write the answer down. Why hasn't America taught this system in all our schools is beyond me. I am teaching my son this system.
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Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
I couldn't imagine tucking my kids in bed and whipping out some Math problems to solve rather than story time and bonding. There is a need and a time and place for both reading and math. I love Dr. Suess!
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Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
Why not both!
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Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
They're equally important. When I was young, my parents encouraged me both to read and to learn math. And you know what? I can do both at a level far above my peers, go figure, right? Math is important because it's a skill you need every day, trust me. Reading is important because, hell, everyone has a right to be literate and to learn. So I can't pick one over the other. Both need to be taught from a young age. -
Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
I think I should write an homage to Theodore Gissell to marry the two concepts, Horton Hears a Two! :} Numbers are all through Dr. Suess' works, and word problems are a consistent part of math education. IMHO,...we have got to have both! :)
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Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
This is not a choice this is a must do both thing. As a working single father I understand how hard this can be!! The point is we need to make the time to help educate our kids! the school system will never be able to teach our kids as well as we can!!! 0 to 5 is the time we learn and retain more info then any time in our lives!!
My girls could add subtract multiply by preschool
My oldest graduated at age 15 ( tested out of school) 500 plus on all 5 ged subject tests -
Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
what if a kid grows up to be a publisher or story writer.....they will need to know how to read and what if they want to work @ a grocery store or something like that...they will need to know math as well so yes..they are both equally important!Especially for a child. -
Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
They are both important, what if you didn't know how much change you owe? Or what if you didn't know how to read your ticket that police officer gave you? There pretty much what you do every day:] -
Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
if a parent is actually taking time to read to their kid, then we shouldnt be complaining. teaching math, and reading to them is great, but solely reading and letting school take care of the math isn't the end of the world imo -
Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
Of course given most parents' skills with math, I'd have to say you're better off reading the Dr. Seuss. Not meaning to be offensive, but teaching them to love and enjoy reading will go farther than trying to demonstrate math that you're not comfortable with yourself. -
Answered Americans should focus more time on mathematics and logic than Dr.Seuss books.
reading is good and important, but, without math you can read all day and still be broke and ignorant.
They [we] need to focus ton the Critical Thinking of math, science, etc. What we have today is 'cultural engineering' not education.
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Answered Dr. Seuss and Math Books are equally important.
Why not both!