Toy blocks are easy for little kids to understand, and that's why they're being used in this first grade math class.
Luke Felker is teaching these Madison first graders Math, through something called the Singapore program.
It's the same thing high–achieving Singapore students have been using for years, and it teaches kids using simple things like blocks.
Then it introduces word problems and eventually moves students into complex math problems they can do in their heads.
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Monday, February 27, 2006
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It's interesting.
Singapore has been known to be one of the leaders in educating math.
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