MATH by EDISON

MATH by EDISON

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MATH by EDISON
MATH by EDISON
A strong math foundation is the starting point to being strong with math.

A strong math foundation is the starting point to being strong with math.

Create a Summary Sheet to record the foundations taught.

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Edison Hopkinson
Jan 17, 2024
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Parents, Students,

Let’s talk math. So not the non-math stuff, as in habits, teacher, motivation, giving up, learning, homework! Math! Today we’ll talk about the Summary Sheet (and the Fantastical 5).

Everything and anything that lasts has a strong foundation, and math is a part of everything. Today I’m writing about the importance and usefulness of having a solid foundation again for two reasons:

 #1 A reminder and ‘advertisement’ that, a strong math foundation is the starting point to being strong with math!
#2 It's one way a parent can help their child without having to teach them.

Every day a teacher teaches, they teach new math. And that new math has its own foundation, as in the 'founding' principles - at times called fundamentals or sometimes called the basics. But I shy away from the word basics as it has multiple meanings in math education. View the foundation as the most straightforward and uncomplicated math taught each day – it's so easy that it's on the other end of the spectrum to the most difficult math questions. There is nothing easier!

View the foundation as the most straightforward and uncomplicated math taught each day.

I, Edison, writer of this math learning publication, deem the foundation so crucial and central to

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