hey all
thansk for all the input

Last night i gave my son a bunch of montessori materials and gave him a four digit addition problem (that involved carry over) and no pen and paper. He is not anywhere near up to that in school - he is on single digit addition and subtraction!.. Well he worked on it for over an hour, smiling the whole time. And came up with the RIGHT ANSWER. When the carry over part came into play he just stared for a while and then regrouped.. He was so satisfied with himself.

I am very very happpy i finally figured this out- but also feel its going to get tough over the years to come...


irene