I think part of the problem is we don't teach Math in a way that is visual/obvious enough, which means early math is experienced as 'mechanics' not 'understandi

I think part of the problem is we don't teach Math in a way that is visual/obvious enough, which means early math is experienced as 'mechanics' not 'understanding'. For example, we should explain commutative rule [ a(b+c)=ab+ac ] by drawing the rectangles. My efforts to help this in some way : GridMaths.com [ sample pics + blurb : quantblog.wordpress.com ]