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Doing Mental Arithmetic: The following are some specific suggestions for teaching arithmetic in the primary grades:
1. First of all, learn about the experiences which each child brings to the grade and begin instruction at that point. If arithmetic problems and processes are introduced before the child has attained sufficient mental maturity and experience, he will perceive arithmetic as a difficult subject with which he feels unable to cope.
For more detailed treatment of elementary arithmetic see Brownell and Moser, Meaningful vs. Mechanical Learning (16, 1949); Buckingham, Elemental-)- Arithmetic (18, 1947); Morton, Teaching Arithmetic (84, 1953); National Society for the Study of Education, The Teaching of Arithmetic (89, 1951); and Spencer and Brydegaard, Building Mathematical Concepts in the Elementary School (117, 1952).
"And we mustn't forget Cousin Helen and Cousin Susan and all the rest," Mother continues.
Meantime, the photographer is doing mental arithmetic as the parents remember more and more relatives who must be honored with pictures. When they finally have completed their list, he puts forth another suggestion. "Why don't you let me make up a little book of the best pictures or perhaps a book for each of your relatives?"
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