math

Now math was never my favorite subject in school by any means. Nor did I ever win the 'Math Award' like my husband did- however I did know my math facts. I can remember driving home from gymnastics practicing my multiplication tables with my dad screaming 7 X 7 =49!! (makes me laugh thinking about it).
The reason for the rambling you ask... well today at school I was teaching my 1st and 2nd graders bowling. Part of their bowling lesson was adding their scores at the end. They had to bowl the five pins down 6 times and add their scores at the end. I was SHOCKED and saddened by how poor the students math skills were. I asked a student what 10+1 was and he looked at me like I was speaking French! Another one said 5+3=6!! The best was when said what is 3+2 and the girl said 31!!! YIKES!
This is scary to me...these kids might know patterns and how to read chapter books however what happened to basic math. I think we will be doing bowling again next week just so they can practice their math!!

What is going to happen when they need figure out the sale price of an item!!!!! :)

update: if anyone read yesterdays post about Stellan you MUST read today. After a scary morning Stellan made it through the surgery and is now free from SVT. God is Good!!!