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Sir,-I was interested in your article describing a parent’s puzzles while her daughter is being educated. I wonder if any of your readers who are psychologists will be interested in these suggestions. (1) Counting on fingers is quite all tight at first, and often better than parrot-wise repetitions, which are mere language habits. But a normal child should learn to short-cut after a time, to leave out the physical checking. To encourage this, I should suggest plenty of work with real or artificial money (or counters), giving change, shopping for mother, choosing between alternatives (pears at one and two or half a pound of dried apricots and omit the spring onions), Not doing this as a sum, but actually shopping, (2) Make up required sums with counters (have some domino style, some with ciphers. You can easily make them with cardboard), For example, give me enough counters of threes, fours, etc., to make up 43 or 79835, If the child thinks this childish, get her to do it at speed, or in competition with someone else. This gets her used to working. with symbols and the dominoes help her to check

her work in another way from finger counting, paving the way to dropping both habits. (3) If in doubt about tables, let the child go back to the combination she knows (say, five sevens), and work by addition up to, say; eight sevens which she has forgotten. Does she find she can get as much story as she wants from the radio without bothering to read? Has she any sight trouble? Do you read to her to encourage her in book curiosity? Some read less easily and prefer maths or science or something. practicable.. Try _ missing word" and messages. For "missing word," read something she likes to her and omit key words, words she will not too easily guess. She will read these more readily than single words. Leave written messages for her when there is occasion, encourage a friend or relative

to write to her.

A.M.

G.

(Dunedin).

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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 650, 14 December 1951, Page 7

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Untitled New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 650, 14 December 1951, Page 7

Untitled New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 650, 14 December 1951, Page 7

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