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As someone who struggled with math early on, but then persevered through an Engineering degree, I agree with this 100%. Math is often presented to kids as a ha
by kirillzubovsky 9y ago
As someone who struggled with math early on, but then persevered through an Engineering degree, I agree with this 100%.
Math is often presented to kids as a hard challenge to overcome. Instead, math is actually just a language that helps people talk about particular subject matter faster than they would otherwise. You don't need to solve equations in order to understand how math concepts work, and for a lot of people that would already be a 10x improvement.
Shout out to - https://jumpmath.org https://jumpmath.org - I interned for them in college and John Mighton made a great series of books to help kids learn math. They are not quite as playful or advanced as this article suggests, but rather simple concepts explained in simple terms, then repeated in different ways. From memory, it was especially useful for kids who thought they were bad at math, and struggled to catch up to their classmates.