Basic math in elementary school is taught different.
Where even the teachers and parents have to take a class to learn it.
It's frustrating, advanced and not effective at that level .
Remember subtracting 2 digit numbers where you had to cross out one number to borrow a one.
Gone gone gone
I can't even explain the way they do it today. Tens and ones columns, much more writing and steps. Boxes with numbers in them.
When I was in college 10 years ago I took a math class that taught these new methods.
It was interesting at the college level to see other options, but it was a more advanced form. Hard to grasp, real out of the box ways of doing simple math .
Now in first grade these kids are being taught this way. You can even see the frustration in the teachers trying to teach such an advanced way to young children .
There are better, simple ways to introduce basic math.
Counting on fingers for the little ones even.
And when these elementary kids have homework . Forget about any parents knowing this method . Schools have to offer classes for parents to go over the new method of elementary math.