A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Addition involves finding the total of two or more numbers or amounts. There are different things you can use to help you add. You can use number lines, place value charts and place value counters.

I don’t typically write responses to other opinion pieces, but there was one two weeks ago about new techniques in elementary math education that has inspired me. The main complaint was that there are ...

Relating addition and subtraction and playing the game BUMP; counting down. Relating addition and subtraction and playing the game BUMP; Working with numbers, starting with a number and counting down ...