Haha, not where I thought this post was going based on the title and the first couple of paragraphs. I thought you were going to complain about how kids these days don't know how to count change :) Funny educational story... My friend recently had a worker that didn't know how to address an envelope (they don't teach that stuff anymore). My friend went to the store and bought the stuff to teach her own kids because she doesn't them to be "that person" someday.
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I was great at simple math, terrible once it got more complex. I am going to try to make sure Smallsteps is decent, at least at the basics. She can add and subtract simple numbers and is starting to understand multiplication so far - once she can read as well, she will be fine I hope.
People seem to think these basic skills aren't needed because it isn't needed in the class now, but forget that there are more reasons to learn skills than pass a test. A lot of the process of learning these early skills help brain function in many areas, not just the skill domain.
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There are so many things they don't teach anymore. It is sad.