Originally Posted by MarthaT
My husband is a math teacher and he insists on the students showing him their written work step-by-step. Calculators or not, the work must be there. As a homeschooling mom, my kid's learned to count change the old fashioned way as part of our math. Their brains need the exercise!!!!!
Thank you for posting this....I am a homeschooling mom too. And yesterday, explaining place value to my daughter was the topic of her math. When it was all said and done, I learned as much as she did....and while I am older, I do enjoy teaching things to my kids, as you never really understand something until you have to teach it!!
We have had some of our kids try to skip this process of showing all their work....and I count the problem wrong (even if they have the right answer) if they don't show every step. In my mind, there is value in showing the process. Helps them develop their "logical" side of their brains!!