We have a ShillerMath group on Yahoo! (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shillermath) and it has been helpful to folks using or considering ShillerMath. But I have been hearing that a blog would get us closer to the customer and provide better service so here is my first blog. I will start with a recent customer question.
A homeschool mom's 5 yod (5 year old daughter) is mixing up her 6s and 9s and is concerned. My advice is not to worry; this is common. Just as children confuse b with d, so they confuse 6 with 9. And they write numbers strangely, too. It's not worth even saying anything until they are 6 years old. Then, instead of pointing out the error (this is a common theme of mine!), just write the number the correct way and ask the child to identify how the written numbers are different. This way the child will identify the error and how to correct it.
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