Skip Counting | It’s More Than Just 2, 5 , and 10!
Most of you can count by 2s, 5s, and 10s, but how many of you can count by 3s, 7s, or 11s? Even though I flunked out of math in high school, my kids were great in math. Why? Because I threw out the math books and insisted they learn each basic skill well before they moved on. No addition until they could count to 100, no subtraction until they could add a column of three four-digit numbers. We worked on subtraction until they could subtract three-digit numbers from four-digit numbers. Then before we worked on multiplication, we learned to skip count. I insisted they learn to skip count 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s before I introduced 2 x 2 = 4 and then continued all the way up to 15s before we were through. Skip counting is fun and gives a child a firm foundation to figure out multiplication problems they haven’t memorized. One hands-on way to teach skip counting is to have your kids create necklaces that have sets of beads separated by a different color and shaped bead. Have your chi...